Summary Historian Starkey assesses the position of Winston Churchill during his political wilderness days of the early 1930s,when he was writing a biography of his ancestor,John Churchill,the future Duke of Marlborough. John had been a trusted general at the court of James II,with whose daughter Anne,John's wife Sarah was a great friend but,fearing that the Catholic James would tyrannise the largely Protestant England had helped William of Orange,husband to Anne's sister Mary,to invade the country and depose the king. Just as Churchill was a lone British voice against the atrocities of Hitler in Europe Starkey sees John Churchill as being only too aware of the expansionist plans of the French monarch Louis XIV and draws a comparison between the two Churchills.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : David Starkey
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 25, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : DOX Productions Red House Dox
Summary Historian Starkey assesses the position of Winston Churchill during his political wilderness days of the early 1930s,when he was writing a biography of his ancestor,John Churchill,the future Duke of Marlborough. John had been a trusted general at the court of James II,with whose daughter Anne,John's wife Sarah was a great friend but,fearing that the Catholic James would tyrannise the largely Protestant England had helped William of Orange,husband to Anne's sister Mary,to invade the country and depose the king. Just as Churchill was a lone British voice against the atrocities of Hitler in Europe Starkey sees John Churchill as being only too aware of the expansionist plans of the French monarch Louis XIV and draws a comparison between the two Churchills.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jul 25, 2012
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : DOX Productions Red House Dox
