Millions of people around the world know the name Winston Churchill. But too few know Clementine Hozier Churchill, the forthright, intelligent, politically savvy woman who counseled and guided the great statesman throughout his adult life. In Lady Clementine, Bas Bleu customer favorite Marie Benedict turns her novelist's eye to Churchill's influential wife, imagining a dynamic inner life for the complex woman largely ignored by history books. Though Winston and Clementine's relationship was a love match, balancing her own ambitions and needs with the emotional and professional demands of marriage to such a driven, capricious man was a lifelong challenge. Clementine was an extraordinary woman living during an extraordinary era, and her story makes for a compelling novel.