An illustrated talk by Dr Gillian White

John Churchill successfully navigated the torrid world of late Stuart politics, achieved huge success for his country on the battlefield, and was then toppled as the political sands shifted. We’ll meet a strategist who manoeuvred troops with confidence and audacity, a man of conscience who committed treason for his faith, and an ambitious gambler who played the game of court politics with flair and determination. We meet the women who helped and supported him: a sister, a lover, a wife and a queen. 

A national hero but no saint