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When Lions Roar begins in the mid-1930s at Chartwell, Winston Churchills country estate, with new revelations surrounding a secret business deal orchestrated by Joseph P. Kennedy, the soon-to-be American ambassador to Great Britain and the father of future American president John F. Kennedy. From London to America, these two powerful families shared an ever-widening circle of friends, lovers, and political associates soon shattered by World War II, spying, sexual infidelity, and the tragic deaths of JFKs sister Kathleen and his older brother Joe Jr. By the 1960s and JFKs presidency, the Churchills and the Kennedys had overcome their bitter differences and helped to define the greatness in each other.
Acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier tells this dynastic saga through fathers and their sons and the remarkable women in their lives providing keen insight into the Churchill and Kennedy families and the profound forces of duty, loyalty, courage and ambition that shaped them. He explores the seismic impact of Winston Churchill on JFK and American policy, wrestling anew with the legacy of two titans of the twentieth century. Maier also delves deeply into the conflicted bond between Winston and his son, Randolph, and the contrasting example of patriarch Joe Kennedy, a failed politician who successfully channeled his personal ambitions to his children. By approaching these iconic figures from a new perspective, Maier not only illuminates the intricacies of this all-important cross-Atlantic allegiance but also enriches our understanding of the tumultuous time in which they lived and the world events they so greatly influenced.
With deeply human portraits of these flawed but larger-than-life figures, When Lions Roar explores the special relationship between the Churchills and Kennedys, and between Great Britain and the United States, highlighting all of its emotional complexity and historic significance.
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ALSO BY THOMAS MAIER
Dr. Spock: An American Life
Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, and Glory of Americas Richest
Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It
The Kennedys: Americas Emerald Kings
The Kennedy Years: From the Pages of The New York Times (opening essay)
Copyright 2014 by Thomas Maier
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin
Random House Company, New York.
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CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maier, Thomas, 1956
When lions roar : the Churchills and the Kennedys / Thomas Maier.
First edition.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Churchill, Winston, 18741965Friends and associates. 2. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 19171963Friends and associates. 3. Churchill, Winston, 18741965Family. 4. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 19171963Family. 5. Great BritainRelationsUnited States.
6. United StatesRelationsGreat Britain. 7. Great BritainPolitics and government20th century. 8. United StatesPolitics and government20th century. 9. Churchill family. 10. Kennedy family. I. Title. II. Title:
Churchills and the Kennedys.
DA566.9.C5M235 2014
941.0840922dc23 2014007201
ISBN 978-0-307-95679-8
eBook ISBN 978-0-307-95681-1
Jacket photograph: Keystone/Stringer/Hutton Archive/Getty
Author photograph: Joyce P. McGurrin
Frontispiece photographs: (left) The Imperial War Museums; (right) The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
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For my father and sons,
James
and
Andrew, Taylor, and Reade
Winston at Chartwell. Churchills magnificent home south of London vivified his many talents as a writer, politician, raconteur, artist, landscaper, and even bricklayer. TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY
Have I not in my time heard lions roar?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE , The Taming of the Shrew
Some people pretend to regard me as the British Lion. But I am not the Lion. I am simply the Roar of the Lion.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ,prime minister of the United Kingdom (194045, 195155)
CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL ,Winstons wife
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL ,Winstons son
DIANA CHURCHILL SANDYS ,Winstons daughter
SARAH CHURCHILL ,Winstons daughter
MARY CHURCHILL SOAMES ,Winstons daughter
PAMELA CHURCHILL HARRIMAN ,Randolphs first wife
JUNE OSBORNE CHURCHILL ,Randolphs second wife
WINSTON CHURCHILL ,son of Pamela and Randolph
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL ,Winstons father
LADY JENNIE CHURCHILL ,Winstons mother
JACK CHURCHILL ,Winstons brother
LADY SARAH SPENCER-CHURCHILL ,Winstons cousin
JOHN CHURCHILL ,First Duke of Marlborough and subject of Winstons biography
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ,thirty-fifth president of the United States (1961November 22, 1963)
JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY ,JFKs wife
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY ,JFKs father
ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY ,JFKs mother
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. ,JFKs brother
ROSEMARY KENNEDY ,JFKs sister
KATHLEEN KENNEDY ,JFKs sister
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER ,JFKs sister
PATRICIA KENNEDY LAWFORD ,JFKs sister
ROBERT F. KENNEDY ,JFKs brother
JEAN KENNEDY SMITH ,JFKs sister
EDWARD M. KENNEDY ,JFKs brother
CAROLINE KENNEDY ,JFKs daughter
JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. ,JFKs son
JOHN F. HONEY FITZ FITZGERALD ,JFKs grandfather
LADY NANCY ASTOR ,Member of Parliament, Kennedy friend and Winston critic
BERNARD BARUCH ,American businessman, friend of Winston and Joe Kennedy
LORD BEAVERBROOK ,Max Aitken, British press magnate, friend of Winston and Joe Kennedy
SEYMOUR BERRY ,son of newspaper owner Lord Camrose, best man at Randolphs wedding, Kathleen Kennedy friend
LORD BIRKENHEAD ,F. E. Smith, Winstons friend and Conservative Party politician
SECOND EARL OF BIRKENHEAD ,Frederick Freddie Smith, friend of Randolph Churchill and Evelyn Waugh, son of Lord Birkenhead
BRENDAN BRACKEN ,Winstons top aide, friend of Kennedys
MARIA CALLAS ,opera singer, Onassis intimate
LADY JEANNE CAMPBELL ,writer and Beaverbrook granddaughter, Randolph friend and JFK intimate
DEBORAH CAVENDISH ,Duchess of Devonshire, Kathleen Kennedy sister-in-law, one of six Mitford sisters friendly with Churchills
WILLIAM CAVENDISH ,Marquess of Hartington, husband of Kathleen Kennedy
AMON DE VALERA ,Irish leader, critic of Winston, friend of Kennedys
ANTHONY EDEN ,prime minister of the United Kingdom (195557), close aide to Winston, friend of Kennedys
PETER FITZWILLIAM ,wealthy earl, friend of Randolph and lover of Kathleen Kennedy
COUNT ENRICO GALEAZZI ,Vatican administrator, friend of Kennedys
LORD HALIFAX ,British diplomat and politician, Winston rival and friend of Kennedys
KAY HALLE ,writer-socialite, friend of Churchills and Kennedys
AVERELL HARRIMAN ,American diplomat, friend of Churchills (later married Pamela Churchill), JFK aide
HARRY HOPKINS ,FDR aide, friend of Churchills, critic of Joe Kennedy
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