The Churchills: a family portrait

Introduction

Love at first sight (1873 - 1876)

An Irish "exile" (1876-1880)

A political star is born (1880-1882)

A shooting star burns out (1882 -1886)

A happy family again? (1887-1889)

Looking for gold and family matters (1890-1893)

Settling the boys' future (1893-1894)

The last journey (1894-1895)

A royal affair : Jennie and the Prince of Wales (1895-1898)

Financial worries and career development (1895-1897)

Financial crisis and a career denied (1898-1899)

Jennie's work on the Anglo-Saxon Review and the hospital ship the Maine during the Boer War (1898-1902)

Brothers in arms : war in South Africa (1899-1900)

Getting on (1900-1906)

Two brides for two brothers (1907-1908)

Liberal Britain (1909-1914)

A world at war : from the Western Front to Gallipoli (1914-1915)

Seeing it through (1914-1918)

Postwar Britain (1919-1929)

From the 'political wilderness to Downing Street (1929-1940)

Their finest hour (1940-1945)

The end of it all (1945-1965).