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Article: The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744.(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650-1744. Christopher Hibbert. Viking. [pounds sterling]20.00. 407 pages. ISBN 0-670-88677-7. The author is the doyen of popular historians and respected biographers. This latest biography, a joint study, traces the lives of John Churchill, later created the first Duke of Marlborough and his formidable Duchess. The author describes Churchill's rise to fame from a relatively humble background. He shows how Churchill was both a great general -- the victor over the French at Blenheim -- and a skilful politician who ...
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