Fortune's Daughters

by ElisabethKehoe (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $4.20

  The story of the three Jerome sisters is one of love, glamour and money in equal measure. Born to a New York stockbroker and his extravagant wife, Jennie, Clara and Leonie were provided with every advantage. Jennie Jerome married Randolph Churchill, younger son of the Duke of Marlborough and was Winston's mother. Clara Jerome was romanced by the dashing Moreton Frewen, who had already gambled away what capital he had, while Leonie Jerome married into the Leslies, a distinguished Irish family. Elisabeth Kehoe's immaculately researched book brings the three sisters - and their quest for true love and happiness - sparkling to life.

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.25

  The story of the three Jerome sisters is one of love, glamour and money in equal measure. Their father, Leonard, was a profligate New York stockbroker whose beautiful wife, Clara Hall, was as extravagant as her husband. Their three daughters - Jennie, Clara and Leonie - were provided with every advantage, and lived a charmed existence. A fortuitous encounter in London with the Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VII, launched the girls into English society. Acclaimed wherever they went, they became known, simply, as 'the Good, the Witty and the Beautiful.' Jennie Jerome ('the beautiful') married Randolph Churchill, younger son of the Duke of Marlborough and was Winston's mother. Clara Jerome ('the good') was romanced by the dashing Moreton Frewin, who had already squandered what capital he had on gambling, sports and women, while Leonie Jerome ('the witty') married into the Leslies, a distinguished Irish family, who were disappointed by their son's choice of bride. Elisabeth Kehoe's wonderful book covers more than one hundred years of family history and spans nineteenth-century New York, the fall of the second republic in France and Britain during both world wars. She draws on