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Based on Sir Winston Churchill’s biography of his
ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this classic BBC
miniseries is a tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the
17th-century English court. At a time when most marriages were made for money and position, Sarah
Jennings and John Churchill married for love. And their love lasted throughout
their long lives spent at the epicenter of political power in England. He was a
military genius who never lost a battle. She was the intimate friend of a
princess who later became queen. This addictive drama follows them from their
budding romance in the bawdy court of King Charles II through five decades and
five monarchs from the tumultuous House of Stuart.
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