{"product_id":"that-churchill-woman-9781524799588","title":"That Churchill Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife \u003c\/i\u003emeets PBS's\u003ci\u003e Victoria\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by storm when she landed on its shores. As Lady Randolph Churchill, she gave birth to a man who defined the twentieth century: her son Winston. But Jennie--reared in the luxury of Gilded Age Newport and the Paris of the Second Empire--lived an outrageously modern life all her own, filled with controversy, passion, tragedy, and triumph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the nineteen-year-old beauty agrees to marry the son of a duke she has known only three days, she's instantly swept up in a whirlwind of British politics and the breathless social climbing of the Marlborough House Set, the reckless men who surround Bertie, Prince of Wales. Raised to think for herself and careless of English society rules, the new Lady Randolph Churchill quickly becomes a London sensation: adored by some, despised by others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Artistically gifted and politically shrewd, she shapes her husband's rise in Parliament and her young son's difficult passage through boyhood. But as the family's influence soars, scandals explode and tragedy befalls the Churchills. Jennie is inescapably drawn to the brilliant and seductive Count Charles Kinsky--diplomat, skilled horse-racer, deeply passionate lover. Their affair only intensifies as Randolph Churchill's sanity frays, and Jennie--a woman whose every move on the public stage is judged--must walk a tightrope between duty and desire. Forced to decide where her heart truly belongs, Jennie risks everything--even her son--and disrupts lives, including her own, on both sides of the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Breathing new life into Jennie's legacy and the glittering world over which she reigned, \u003ci\u003eThat Churchill Woman\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of the difficult--and sometimes impossible--balance among love, freedom, and obligation, while capturing the spirit of an unforgettable woman, one who altered the course of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat Churchill Woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The perfect confection of a novel . . . We're introduced to Jennie in all of her passion and keen intelligence and beauty. While she is surrounded by a cast of late-Victorian celebrities, including Bertie, Prince of Wales, it's always Jennie who shines and takes the center stage she was born to.\"\u003cb\u003e--Melanie Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aviator's Wife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwans of Fifth Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Barron\u003c\/b\u003e studied history at Princeton and Stanford, where she was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow in the Humanities. She is the author of the historical suspense novels \u003ci\u003eA Flaw in the Blood \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The White Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling Jane Austen Mystery series. A former intelligence analyst for the CIA, Barron--who also writes under the name Francine Mathews--drew on her experience in espionage for such novels as \u003ci\u003eJack 1939, \u003c\/i\u003e which \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e described as \"one of the most deliciously high-concept thrillers imaginable.\" She lives and works in Denver, Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778815066386,"sku":"9781524799588","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bee50db4-8c75-4520-b9c6-be7ae18841f4.jpg?v=1765364875","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/that-churchill-woman-9781524799588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}