The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744

by Christopher Hibbert (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.31

  The most successful British general until the advent of Napoleon, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was also a successful, if devious politcian, and a commanding figure both on the continent of Europe and the English court from the time of King James II. King James' mistress was Churchill's sister until he married Queen Anne whose intimate friend, the beautiful, gifted, shrewed and difficult Sarah, was Churchill's wife. The book concentrates upon John Churchill's personal life as husband, lover, friend and fond father, as well as upon his sensitive, emotional and complicated character, his interests and failings, his patronage of the arts and architecture, his love of gardening and landscaping, his passion for dining out in the houses of the rich, his resilience in imprisonment and disgrace and his commanding presence and importance in a country rising to national greatness.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $4.27

  This is a dual biography, exploring the lives of John and Sarah Churchill, first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. Perhaps the greatest British general of all time and the most successful in the modern world until the advent of Napoleon, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was also a successful if devious politician. He was a commanding figure, both on the continent of Europe and at the English court, from the time of King James II - whose mistress was Churchill's sister - until that of Queen Anne - whose intimate friend, the beautiful, gifted, quarrelsome Sarah, was his wife. The book concentrates on the Churchills' personal lives, telling the story of one of the 18th century's most powerful couples.