The First Churchills

At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son, Monmouth, in the field of battle, and by beddi...

In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier John Churchill, Groom of the Bedchamber to the King's...

John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parliament, Charles has arranged a marr...

The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who plans to make him King. But Churchill...

Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The Princess Anne has married George, Prince of De...

Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.

John Churchill owed much to James II. But the King was clearly determined to destroy the Protestant religion and the laws of England, so John decided...

William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of treason and dismissed from Court. Pr...

In an atmosphere of national panic John, falsely accused of Jacobite treachery, has been imprisoned for a time in the Tower. After Mary's death, Willi...

Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accession of Anne, John and Sarah have ri...

To save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated the French at the Battle of Blenheim.

Marlborough continues his success in the war against France, but his prestige at home and with Anne has been impaired by the devious backstairs intrig...