American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill

by Anne Sebba

Book Overview

Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy in 1874, after a three-day romance. She became Lady Randolph Churchill, wife of a maverick politician and mother of the most famous British statesman of the century. Jennie Churchill was not merely the most talked about and controversial American woman in London society, she was a dynamic behind-the-scenes political force and a woman of sexual fearlessness at a time when women were not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393057720
• ISBN13: 9780393057720
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Churchill's mother - an American in History

This book is an intereting piece. Biographies are my favortie (autobiogragphies I tend to find are skewed by the authors opinions of themselves). There is so much history and interseting facts that I doubt most of America knows about Winston Churchill and his "colorful" mother. I was unaware that he had relatives who fought on both sides of the war at the same time... or that he was part American Indian... and no one I've told these things to knew either. Very well done given the cast of characters are not available for interview!

Enjoyed this

Jennie Jerome Churchill has always been fascinating and this book goes into much more detail of her life than those I've read in the past. Definitely a keeper.

woman who live life her own way

to me jennie churchill was a selfish ,pleasure seeking woman who only cared about herself.she couldn't wait to get nannies taking care her sons are puting them in abusive boarding schools.she as a wife was a marriage were she couldn't stay faithful or not keeping her husband in debit.to me why winston feeling of love for her i just don't get.his nanny was more a mother to him than jennie.

American Jennie

Great new book on a wonderful and timeless life. We own and have read the two volumn work by Martin on Jennie, but this is a fresh and well researched look at the times and people who shaped her son Winston's life. If this work interests the reader there is in Jennie's own hand her book, The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill. While not in print, it can be found on the used books websites.

A top pick not only for public lending libraries strong in biography, but for history collections.

AMERICAN JENNIE: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL tells of a Brooklyn girl who married into the British aristocracy in 1847 after a three-day romance, becoming the wife of a maverick politician and becoming the most controversial American woman in London society. Her scandals would rock the city, her loyalty would ultimately protect her husband from the public eye. AMERICAN JENNIE is a top pick not only for public lending libraries strong in biography, but for history collections. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch