The Churchill Sisters

As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins,Winston and Clementine ChurchillΓÇÖs daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey’s biographyThe Churchill Sisterstells their story. Brightattractive and well-connectedin any other family the Churchill girls ΓÇô DianaSarahMarigold and Mary ΓÇô would have shone. But they were not in another familythey were Churchills and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father ΓÇô ΓÇÿthe greatest EnglishmanΓÇÖ ΓÇô to their brothergolden boy Randolphto their eccentric and exciting cousinsthe Mitford Girlsthey were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. While Marigold died too young to achieve her potential the other daughters lived lives full of passiondrama and tragedy… Dianaintense and diffident; Sarahglamorous and stubborn; Marydependable yet determined ΓÇô each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world historyat TehranYalta and Potsdam. Yet this is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archivesThe Churchill Sisters brings WinstonΓÇÖs daughters out of the shadows and tells their remarkable stories for the first time.