Churchill and Son by Josh Ireland – describe his relationships with his children. Certainly, Churchill’s record as a parent – and his wife Clementine’s, for that matter – does not come well out of these two books.
Churchill’s shaping apparently ‘built and broke’ his only son, Randolph.Only one child – his youngest daughter, Mary – emerged with distinction, becoming an accomplished writer; the other three who lived to adulthood were damaged and died in middle age, after lives that would have seemed incredible in a soap opera – but life chez Churchill was a soap opera.Churchill was in the Cabinet, aged 33, before he became a father.
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