the jennie jerome that lord randolph met was strikingly beautiful and can't rating. at 19 she spoke languages flutely was a concert pianist and could write as well as any man. but what of her ancestry? jennie's father leonard jerome pictured here with a very splendid cigar, his mustache and a second painting there, a lovely portrait i'm lucky enough to have in my home. leonard was descended from well-to-do pioneering stock. however, there was little money and he was the fifth of eight brothers and there was also one sister. but leonard was a young man in a hurry who learned to live by his own achievements. his four older brothers went to priston, but then the money ran out, so leonard was sent to the village store on the salary of $1 a week. later when his elder brother had earned enough money to pay for him, leonard spent one year at princeton. he arrived with nothing save a brave heart and a keen brain. leonard was an intelligent man with great wits, sporting prowess and musical skills being a violinist of high repute. many of these talents were passed to his daught

millard: we were talking about jennie jerome last night. she was a piece of work. she was a very interesting woman and incredibly beautiful. because of that, and because of the relationship she had after her husband's death, often the focus is on that instead of on -- the fact that she was incredibly smart, incredibly charismatic, and had incredible --rgy and by that city incredible energy. his father meant a great deal to him. churchill said he wished he had son born a shopkeeper's because he would have gotten an opportunity to know his father. but he always loved his mother. as he became a young man and became interesting and ambitious and his own right, she took a great deal of interest in him and was critical in helping him and his ambition. because she was so involved in that so many relationships with men in powerful positions, she was able to help him get military appointments whenever -- wherever he wanted to go. and he wanted to go everywhere. this was the height of the british empire. there were costly putting down revolts from egypt to ireland. during th

his mother, the beautiful, charismatic, and wicked smart jenny jerome, had just told him she was in love and was likely going to marry a young man named george west, who was only two weeks older than winston. churchill also for the first time had his own love life to consider. he had met a dazzling young woman named pamela plowden. but she didn't believe he was passionate enough in his devotion. churchill was indignant, insisting he was no fickle gallant. by the time he landed, the war had already taken a startling turn. the british army had been humiliated by the boras, losing several battles, and leaving its commanders stuned and scrambling to adjust to this new war mare. as soon as churchill arrived, with his valerie, of course with 18 bottles of whisky, he went as far to the front as he could. by the time he arrived, however, the boras had completely cut off lady smith. no one could get in or out. i was too late, churchill wrote. the door was shut. so he was forced to make camp 40 miles south of lady smith in a little town called escort. nine days later, as a heavy rain fell on the m

the jennie jerome that lord randolph met was strikingly beautiful and can't rating. at 19 she spoke languages flutely was a concert pianist and could write as well as any man. but what of her ancestry? jennie's father leonard jerome pictured here with a very splendid cigar, his mustache and a second painting there, a lovely portrait i'm lucky enough to have in my home. leonard was descended from well-to-do pioneering stock. however, there was little money and he was the fifth of eight brothers and there was also one sister. but leonard was a young man in a hurry who learned to live by his own achievements. his four older brothers went to priston, but then the money ran out, so leonard was sent to the village store on the salary of $1 a week. later when his elder brother had earned enough money to pay for him, leonard spent one year at princeton. he arrived with nothing save a brave heart and a keen brain. leonard was an intelligent man with great wits, sporting prowess and musical skills being a violinist of high repute. many of these talents were passed to his daught

the jennie jerome that lord randolph met was strikingly beautiful and can't rating. at 19 she spoke languages flutely was a concert pianist and could write as well as any man. but what of her ancestry? jennie's father leonard jerome pictured here with a very splendid cigar, his mustache and a second painting there, a lovely portrait i'm lucky enough to have in my home. leonard was descended from well-to-do pioneering stock. however, there was little money and he was the fifth of eight brothers and there was also one sister. but leonard was a young man in a hurry who learned to live by his own achievements. his four older brothers went to priston, but then the money ran out, so leonard was sent to the village store on the salary of $1 a week. later when his elder brother had earned enough money to pay for him, leonard spent one year at princeton. he arrived with nothing save a brave heart and a keen brain. leonard was an intelligent man with great wits, sporting prowess and musical skills being a violinist of high repute. many of these talents were passed to his daught

his mother, the beautiful, charismatic, and wicked smart jenny jerome, had just told him she was in love and was likely going to marry a young man named george west, who was only two weeks older than winston. churchill also for the first time had his own love life to consider. he had met a dazzling young woman named pamela plowden. but she didn't believe he was passionate enough in his devotion. churchill was indignant, insisting he was no fickle gallant. by the time he landed, the war had already taken a startling turn. the british army had been humiliated by the boras, losing several battles, and leaving its commanders stuned and scrambling to adjust to this new war mare. as soon as churchill arrived, with his valerie, of course with 18 bottles of whisky, he went as far to the front as he could. by the time he arrived, however, the boras had completely cut off lady smith. no one could get in or out. i was too late, churchill wrote. the door was shut. so he was forced to make camp 40 miles south of lady smith in a little town called escort. nine days later, as a heavy rain fell on the m