The Churchill sisters : the extraordinary lives of Winston and Clementine's daughters / Rachel Trethewey.
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TextPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 320 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250272393Other title: Extraordinary lives of Winston and Clementine's daughtersSubject(s): Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family | Churchill, Clementine, 1885-1977 -- Family | Churchill family | Churchill, Diana, 1909-1963 | Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 | Churchill, Marigold, 1918-1921 | Soames, Mary | Children of prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Sisters -- Great Britain -- Biography | Women -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 941.084092/2 | B LOC classification: DA566.9.C5 | T74 2021Summary: Winston and Clementine Churchill's daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls - Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary - would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined - each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Winston and Clementine Churchill's daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls - Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary - would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined - each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history.
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