Dark Lady by Charles Higham
In this sensational new book, bestselling author Charles Higham draws from previously overlooked sources in America and Britain to tell the fascinating story of Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill feminist, advocate of Irish independence, and notoriously promiscuous society belle. It charts her luxurious New York upbringing, eyebrow-raising entry into the British aristocracy through marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill, her endless line of liaisons with much younger men and a very different sort of affair in the highest of places with the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII (one of many kings and princes to win her affection). Long before women had the vote, Jennie broke the rules by campaigning in elections for her husband, Lord Randolph Churchill. A staunch freethinker, she edited her own magazine, fought for Protestant interests in Ireland and sailed a hospital ship to South Africa, where she risked her life in the Boer War. Passionately in love with life, expressive of her sexuality when women were supposed to hide it, beautiful and independent minded, Jennie Churchill was decades ahead of her time.The Duchess of Windsor, Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn, and Bette: The Life of Bette Davis are just a few of Charles Higham's best-selling books. He has written Elizabeth and Philip: The Hidden Tale of the Queen of England and Her Prince, as well as biographies of Cary Grant and Merle Oberon, with writer Ray Moseley. Higham is a Los Angeles-based former New York Times feature writer.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780786718894 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786718897 |
| Title | Dark Lady |
| Author | Charles Higham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Da Capo Press |
| Year published | 2007-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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