Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons by Charlotte Gray
A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray.
‘Gray’s impeccable research and insightful look into social constraints of the time bring these women to life, highlighting the often overlooked ways Jennie and Sara shaped not only their own destinies but those of their sonsPerfect for literary nonfiction, history, women’s history and biography readers’ * Booklist *
'A fascinating two-way mirror onto a world of privilege' * Country Life *
'Gray has managed to do the virtually impossible, and that is to say something new and poerceptive about Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With her usual keen eye for the telling detail and her sympathy for her subjects, she argues for the importance of the statemen's relationships with their two very different but forceful mothers' -- Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919
'A fascinating two-way mirror onto a world of privilege' * Country Life *
'Gray has managed to do the virtually impossible, and that is to say something new and poerceptive about Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With her usual keen eye for the telling detail and her sympathy for her subjects, she argues for the importance of the statemen's relationships with their two very different but forceful mothers' -- Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919
Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers and the author of twelve acclaimed books of literary nonfiction, including The Promise of Canada. Her bestseller The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial That Shocked a Country won the Toronto Book Award, the Heritage Toronto Book Award, the Canadian Authors Association Lela Common Award for Canadian History, and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book. It was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, the Ottawa Book Award for Nonfiction, and the Evergreen Award, and it was longlisted for the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Nonfiction. An adaptation of her bestseller Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike was broadcast as a television miniseries. An adjunct research professor in the department of history at Carleton University, Charlotte has received numerous awards, including the Pierre Berton Award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Visit her at CharlotteGray.ca.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781398527720 |
| ISBN 10 | 1398527726 |
| Title | Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons |
| Author | Charlotte Gray |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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