Bright, attractive, and well-connected, the Churchill girls—Diana, Sarah, Marigold, and Mary—were overshadowed by their famous father; their brother, golden boy Randolph; and their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitfords. Far from being cosseted debutantes, the Churchill women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam. Yet the story that Rachel Trethewey isn't set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of an unusual family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.