The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill, 1650-1744 - Hardcover

Christopher Hibbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670886777 ISBN 13: 9780670886777

Publisher: Viking, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Hibbert's books include The Destruction of Lord Raglan (1962); Garibaldi & His Enemies; George IV; The Virgin Queen; Nelson and most recently George III (1998). Christopher Hibbert is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Henley-on-Thames.

Review:

'Hibbert is magnificent at domestic detail, gripping on scandal and intrigue, clever in negotiating the problem of making a life consistently interesting without cheating the reader of information... all the elements of a wonderful book and a story of near-incredible ascent.' SUNDAY TIMES

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0670886777
• ISBN 13: 9780670886777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432