11
January 2027

Jennie Churchill

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Monday, January 11, 2027 - 14:30
Henfield Hall, Henfield
Coopers Way Henfield BN5 9EQ
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A look into WSC's mother.

Jennie Jerome was born in America with the belief that it was her destiny to make a great marriage and achieve something in the world. in 1874, aged 20, she married Lord Randolph Churchill thinking she was making a glittering marriage. When it turned out otherwise, she threw all he energies into promoting her son Winston Churchill, while at the same time having to earn herself a living. She was proud to be the mother of one of England's greatest statesman.

Anne Sebba
Jennie Churchill: Winston's American Mother was reviewed, inter alia, in The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, and The Scotsman. According to The Daily Telegraph, Sebba's book retrieved 'Jennie Churchill in sparkling three dimensions and does much to put flesh on the bones of a subject who has been reduced to a cipher for American Brashness.' The Literary Review said the book was 'sharp and intelligent... immensely enjoyable. Sebba's prose is as smooth and elegant as expensive cashmere; it reads like a novel.'