
Jennie
The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast—and Scandal—of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son—Winston Churchill—Who Shaped History
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“A master work … Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that she is back in print in this magnificent single volume.”—from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill
Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of listeners.
Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston’s mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents.
Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is “a master work” that “pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges—under his guiding hand—from the shadow of being a great man’s mother, to being a woman in her own right.”
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The Rise and Fall of the Gilded Age
- De Hilary en 10-22-14
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The Glitter and the Gold
- The American Duchess - In Her Own Words
- De: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfill her social ambitions and marry an English Duke. Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home: Blenheim Palace. The ninth Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era.
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Facinating Story- Terrible reading
- De Ashley D en 03-27-14
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The Sphinx
- The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough
- De: Hugo Vickers
- Narrado por: Hugo Vickers
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
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One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled as much as she puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved. Born in Paris to American parents in 1881, she suffered a traumatic childhood after her father shot her mother's lover dead. Educated in America, she returned to Europe, where she captivated and inspired some of the greatest literary and artistic names of the Belle Époque.
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Lovely and compelling.
- De Gudrun D Whitehead en 03-25-20
De: Hugo Vickers
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Diamonds and Deadlines
- A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
- De: Betsy Prioleau
- Narrado por: Beth Hicks
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country’s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. Diamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen “empress of journalism”.
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Wonderful biography of forgotten gilded age publishing icon
- De Amazon Customer en 03-24-24
De: Betsy Prioleau
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That Churchill Woman
- A Novel
- De: Stephanie Barron
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
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The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome.
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Excellent Entertaining Historical Romance Novel
- De Nicole en 07-24-19
De: Stephanie Barron
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Madness Under the Royal Palms
- Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
- De: Laurence Leamer
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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In March 1999, a Palm Beach matron and her socially ambitious husband invited the elite of the island for a dinner dance honoring Prince Edward. Among those dancing to the string orchestra that evening would be those accused of murder and spousal abuse, and others who would suffer fates both unseemly and unspeakable. Among the outer circle there would be murders, suicides, and fatal fires.
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Just what I've been waiting for
- De kk en 09-29-09
De: Laurence Leamer
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Q
- A Voyage around the Queen
- De: Craig Brown
- Narrado por: Craig Brown, Harriet Walter
- Duración: 19 h y 49 m
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Up until now, the curious tactic employed by biographers of the Queen has been to ignore what is interesting and to concentrate on what is not. Craig Brown, the author of 150 Glimpses of the Beatles and Hello Goodbye Hello, rejects this formula, bringing his kaleidoscopic approach to the most famous—and most guarded—woman on earth, examining the Queen through a succession of interlocking prisms. With Q, this fantastically funny, marvelously insightful journalist gives us an unforgettable portrait of the omnipresent, elusive Queen Elizabeth II.
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great performance and unique perspective
- De CoCo en 12-09-24
De: Craig Brown
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The Lady in the Tower
- The Fall of Anne Boleyn
- De: Alison Weir
- Narrado por: Judith Boyd
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
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The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.
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Chapuys Spoke French
- De Christina Webster en 03-03-25
De: Alison Weir
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Matriarch
- Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
- De: Anne Edwards
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 16 h y 36 m
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The life of Princess May of Teck is one of the great Cinderella stories in history. From a family of impoverished nobility, she was chosen by Queen Victoria as the bride for her eldest grandson, the scandalous Duke of Clarence, heir to the throne, who died mysteriously before their marriage. Despite this setback, she became queen, mother of two kings, grandmother of the current queen, and a lasting symbol of the majesty of the British throne.
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Wow! Did not want this to end!
- De Susan Nall Sheehan en 07-16-17
De: Anne Edwards
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The Woman Before Wallis
- A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal
- De: Bryn Turnbull
- Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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In the summer of 1925, Thelma Morgan arrives at the Paris Ritz still stinging from the heartache and humiliation of her failed marriage. Her twin sister, Gloria, newly and blissfully wedded to Reginald Vanderbilt and with a baby in tow, has invited her to spend the summer - and though romance is the last thing on Thelma’s mind, she can’t deny that Reggie’s friend Duke Furness is as charming and dapper as he is keen to win her affection.
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Beautifully Written
- De Amazon Customer en 11-29-20
De: Bryn Turnbull
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George VI and Elizabeth
- The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
- De: Sally Bedell Smith
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 22 h y 7 m
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A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles.
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Great telling of their lives
- De Nancy en 04-15-23
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The King in Love
- Edward VII's Mistresses
- De: Theo Aronson
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 13 h y 37 m
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The King in Love is an all-embracing account of the loves of that celebrated royal womanizer, Edward VII - as prince of Wales and as king. It is also a study of the three women with whom the king was most deeply in love - his "official" mistresses, Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick, and Alice Keppel.
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good read, bad listen
- De Robyn en 09-11-15
De: Theo Aronson
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Catherine de Medici
- Renaissance Queen of France
- De: Leonie Frieda
- Narrado por: Sarah Le Fevre
- Duración: 21 h y 36 m
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Poisoner, despot, necromancer - the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds - from a troubled childhood in Florence to her marriage to Henry, son of King Francis I of France; from her transformation of French culture to her fight to protect her throne and her sons' birthright. Based on thousands of private letters, it is a remarkable account of one of the most influential women to wear a crown.
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Narrator didn't get one name right
- De Georgina García- Menocal en 09-15-19
De: Leonie Frieda
A true Wonder Woman and extremely skilled in connecting people while deeply involved in Society, Politics, Business, Charities, and Love. Amazing Lady and beloved Mother.
Most incredible life
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Epic
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A goldmine of new information
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Excellent
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Outstanding narration
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One of my favorite books this year
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Enjoyed the audio version of this book
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