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| - Marlborough: His Life and Times est une biographie panégyrique écrite par Winston Churchill à propos de son ancêtre John Churchill, premier duc de Marlborough. Elle fut publiée en plusieurs volumes entre 1933 et 1938. (fr)
- Marlborough: His Life and Times adalah sebuah karya biografi yang ditulis oleh Winston Churchill tentang John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Churchill adalah keturunan dari tokoh tersebut. Buku tersebut meliputi empat volume, yang pertama terbit pada Oktober 1933 (557 halaman, 200,000 kata) dengan volume lanjutan pada 1934, 1936 dan 1938. (in)
- Marlborough: His Life and Times is a panegyric biography written by Winston Churchill about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Churchill was a lineal descendant of the duke. The book comprises four volumes, the first of which appeared in October 1933 (557 pages, 200,000 words) with subsequent volumes in 1934, 1936 and 1938. The publisher was George G. Harrap, who in 1929 agreed an advance of £10,000 for the publishing rights, topping the offer made by Churchill's customary publishers, . American publisher Scribner's paid a £5,000 advance for the United States publishing rights. At that time Churchill envisaged writing between 180,000 and 250,000 words, to be published in no more than two volumes. Cumulative sales of the first volume were 17,000 copies, 15,000 for the second and 10,00 (en)
- Marlborough - La vita e i tempi del «duca di ferro» (Marlborough: His Life and Times) è una biografia panegirica scritta da Winston Churchill su John Churchill, I duca di Marlborough. Churchill era un discendente del duca stesso. Nella prefazione al primo volume, Churchill scrisse "E' mia intenzione richiamare i grandi fasti del passato, non solo per investirlo con questa panoplia, ma anche per farlo rivivere e renderlo più famigliare agli occhi dei moderni." (it)
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| - Marlborough: His Life and Times is a panegyric biography written by Winston Churchill about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Churchill was a lineal descendant of the duke. The book comprises four volumes, the first of which appeared in October 1933 (557 pages, 200,000 words) with subsequent volumes in 1934, 1936 and 1938. The publisher was George G. Harrap, who in 1929 agreed an advance of £10,000 for the publishing rights, topping the offer made by Churchill's customary publishers, . American publisher Scribner's paid a £5,000 advance for the United States publishing rights. At that time Churchill envisaged writing between 180,000 and 250,000 words, to be published in no more than two volumes. Cumulative sales of the first volume were 17,000 copies, 15,000 for the second and 10,000 for the third and fourth, which was a respectable though not exceptional performance for such a work. Churchill had conceived the idea of writing the book by 1929, when the Conservative defeat in the general election meant that he was no longer a government minister, so that he lost his ministerial salary and gained spare time. His first act in preparing the book was to employ Maurice Ashley part-time for a salary of £300 per year to carry out research about Marlborough. Ashley later produced his own biography of Marlborough, in 1939. Churchill, with other assistants, worked on and published a number of different historical books while work on Marlborough was proceeding. Churchill turned seriously to writing Marlborough after Easter 1932, following pressure from his publishers. His initial draft was passed to Edward Marsh, who had been his private secretary while a government minister, with instructions to look out for repetitions, boring passages or clumsy sentences. He wrote over 300 letters requesting information or opinions about the work in progress. In the preface to volume one, Churchill writes "It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes." Churchill was sceptical of the claim that Marlborough had at 17 or 18 years of age became the lover of the King's mistress, the Duchess of Cleveland, but accepted that he did so somewhat later, at 20. In 1675, however, Marlborough met the 15-year-old Sarah Jennings, married her, and lived with her contentedly for the remainder of his life. They were of comparable social status, but neither had any significant money. Churchill saw similarities between his ancestor and himself. (en)
- Marlborough: His Life and Times est une biographie panégyrique écrite par Winston Churchill à propos de son ancêtre John Churchill, premier duc de Marlborough. Elle fut publiée en plusieurs volumes entre 1933 et 1938. (fr)
- Marlborough: His Life and Times adalah sebuah karya biografi yang ditulis oleh Winston Churchill tentang John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Churchill adalah keturunan dari tokoh tersebut. Buku tersebut meliputi empat volume, yang pertama terbit pada Oktober 1933 (557 halaman, 200,000 kata) dengan volume lanjutan pada 1934, 1936 dan 1938. (in)
- Marlborough - La vita e i tempi del «duca di ferro» (Marlborough: His Life and Times) è una biografia panegirica scritta da Winston Churchill su John Churchill, I duca di Marlborough. Churchill era un discendente del duca stesso. Il libro comprende quattro volumi, il primo dei quali venne pubblicato nell'ottobre del 1933 (557 pagine, 200.000 parole) con successivi volumi pubblicati nel 1934, 1936 e nel 1938. L'editore fu George G. Harrup, che nel 1929 offrì 10.000 sterline per ottenere l'esclusiva della pubblicazione, superando così l'abituale editore di Churchill, . L'editore americano Scribner's pagò 5000 sterline per l'esclusiva negli Stati Uniti. Il primo volume venne venduto in 17.000 copie alla prima stampa, 15.000 per il secondo volume, 10.000 per il terzo e il quarto, cifre rispettabili ma non eccezionali per un tale lavoro. Churchill aveva concepito l'idea di questo libro sin dal 1929, quando la sconfitta dei conservatori alle elezioni generali aveva messo in serie difficoltà anche la sua persona che ora si trovava con molto tempo libero e senza più uno stipendio ministeriale. Il suo primo atto nella preparazione del libro fu quello di impiegate lo storico Maurice Ashley in un lavoro part-time con 300 sterline annue per condurre delle ricerche sulla figura del duca di Marlborough. Ashley pubblicò poi una propria biografia su Marlborough nel 1939. Churchill, coadiuvato da altri assistenti, lavorò su un gran numero di altri documenti e libri già pubblicati. Churchill si dedicò seriamente alla scrittura del libro dalla Pasqua del 1932, su pressioni del suo editore. La sua bozza iniziale venne corretta da Edward Marsh che già era stato suo segretario privato quando svolgeva l'attività di ministro, con istruzioni particolari di evitare ripetizioni, passaggi noiosi o frasi mal costruite. Ne ricavo 300 note che sottopose a Churchill per chiarimenti o informazioni. Nella prefazione al primo volume, Churchill scrisse "E' mia intenzione richiamare i grandi fasti del passato, non solo per investirlo con questa panoplia, ma anche per farlo rivivere e renderlo più famigliare agli occhi dei moderni." Churchill rimase scettico sul fatto che Marlborough fosse divenuto a 17 o 18 anni l'amante dell'amante segreta del re ma rimase più propenso a vedere questa unione segreta ai 20 anni. Nel 1675, ad ogni modo, Marlborough incontrò la quindicenne Sarah Jennings, la sposò e visse con lei per tutto il resto della sua vita. I due avevano uno status sociale compatibile, il che significò che tale unione non fu mai un fatto di soldi. Churchill vedeva in questo delle similitudini con la sua persona. (it)
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