Cousin Randolph: The Life of Randolph Churchill

Hutchinson, Great Britain, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. This after-dinner-story view of Randolph Churchill — his arrogance, his bad manners, his manifold eccentricities — was not, however, the whole truth. Anita Leslie, his cousin, knew Randolph well and from her special vantage point wrote a sparkling life of him. As the devastatingly attractive and brilliant son of Winston Churchill, Randolph imbibed high policy as precociously as he imbibed brandy. A wealthy man-about-town from journalism and speech-making while still under age, he found everything came to him too easily. But the important things stubbornly failed to come on call: his attempts at a political career collapsed in recriminations with the Conservative party; his journalism, although brilliant, was no substitute; and his relationships, although often flamboyant and tempestuous, did not give him the fulfilment he craved. Randolph Churchill's often extraordinary behaviour both revealed and disguised an intensely complicated yet loyal nature which is given full play in this biography. Drawing on her own memories and on those of many people closest to him, Anita Leslie has distilled the essence of Randolph, and in the process written one of the funniest and most moving biographies of the year. 216 pages. Dust jacket has light fading to spine edge. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0091557402. ISBN/EAN: 9780091557409. Inventory No: 268508.. 9780091557409