American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill

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!

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.

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.

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.

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