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| | Smithsonian Journeys Featured Article: The House That John Built (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Beyond, in the distance, stood Blenheim, a mass of columns, arches and towers, the stone glowing like honey in the evening sun, golden spheres on the rooftops glinting against a bruised April sky. |
 | | Built to found a dynasty, Blenheim instead turned succeeding generations into madmen, scoundrels, snobs and gold diggers (the better to keep the roof overhead, and to gild the plasterwork lilies). |
 | | Winston Churchill, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century, was born at Blenheim, the grandson of a duke, and he got his sense of destiny there. |
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