{"product_id":"the-american-adventuress-a-novel-isbn-9780063035805","title":"The American Adventuress: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No one writes bright, bold, bad, and beautiful women of history like C.W. Gortner, and he outdoes himself with his latest heroine: Jennie Jerome, American heiress, royal mistress, and mother of Winston Churchill. \u003cem\u003eThe American Adventuress\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e shines on every page with \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennie's irrepressible thirst for adventure, love, and everything else life has to offer!\" -- Kate Quinn, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of Jennie Jerome Churchill, mother of Winston, a New York born heiress who always lived life on her own terms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaughter of New York financier Leonard Jerome, Jennie was born into wealth—and scandal. Upon her parents’ separation, her mother took Jennie and her sisters to Paris, where Mrs. Jerome was determined to marry her daughters into the most elite families. The glamorous city became their tumultuous finishing school until it fell to revolt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing to Queen Victoria’s England, Jennie soon caught the eye of aristocrat Randolph Spencer-Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough, one of Britain’s loftiest peers. It was love at first sight, their unconventional marriage driven by mutual ambition and the birth of two sons. Undeterred by premature widowhood or society’s rigid expectations, Jennie brashly carried on a lifelong intimate friendship with Edward, Prince of Wales—a notorious bon vivant—and had two later marriages to younger men. When her son Winston launched his brilliant political career, Jennie guided him to success, his most vocal and valuable supporter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns scandalous, tragic, and exciting, Jennie Jerome lived an unconventional life full of defiance—one that enshrined her as an American adventuress.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Well-written and historically accurate . . . An homage to a couture icon whose influence is still powerful today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews on Mademoiselle Chanel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sucked me in by the pearls and never let go . . . equal parts grit and glamour . . . if you can’t afford to visit Paris in peak springtime season, reading this book with a glass of wine is a decent substitute.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlamour on Mademoiselle Chanel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a novel as brilliant and complicated as Coco Chanel herself, C. W. Gortner’s prose is so electric and luminous it could be a film, and not just any film, but one of the grandest biopics of our time. Divine!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingway's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“From her heart-wrenching early years through her decades of struggle and glory, Gabrielle Chanel was fascinating—as is C.W. Gortner’s \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle Chanel\u003c\/em\u003e. Coco lives again in this rich tale of brilliance, determination, and fierce self-creation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnia Szado, author of Studio Saint-Ex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this deliciously satisfying novel, C.W. Gortner tells the epic, rags-to-riches story of how this brilliant, mercurial, self-created woman became a legend.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, on Mademoiselle Chanel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A richly imagined, deftly researched novel, in which the ever fascinating Coco Chanel comes to life in all her woe and splendor, her story unfolding as elegantly as a Chanel gown.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCathy Marie Buchanan, author of The Painted Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Enticing . . . well-researched and well-crafted historical novel that leaves the reader satisfied on many levels. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gortner brings to life a woman who was as alluring and captivating as her signature scent. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gortner brings history to life in a fascinating study of one woman’s unstoppable ambition.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist on Mademoiselle Chanel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No one writes bright, bold, bad, and beautiful women of history like C.W. 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