Lloyd George: The young Lloyd George

John Grigg

Biographies & Memoirs

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

The second volume of Grigg's biography of Lloyd George, describing his career from 1902 to 1911, its most fruitful phase before the outbreak of World War I. In it he is seen evolving from an Opposition back-bencher to a controversial member of the Liberal government.

Lloyd George

Covering the period 1912-1916, this volume begins when Lloyd George is at the pinnacle of his success and achievement. Yet in the following two years he is plunged into turmoil in both his personal and political life. With his career threatened by financial scandal, he enters into a liasion with a woman half his age, and is faced with fresh and demanding issues regarding Liberal social reform and the question of Irish settlement. With the outbreak of European war the whole course of his life is altered and within weeks he is transformed into a great war minister. But his imaginative views on strategy bring him into conflict with the professional warlords. Eventually his dissatisfction with the higher directions of the war leads to an act of revolt which brings down the Asquith government and results in his own appointment as Prime Minister.

In the second volume of John Grigg's biography, Lloyd George moves from being the liveliest opposition back bencher to the most dynamic and controversial member of a grand Liberal government. The central drama is the constitutional conflict surrounding Lloyd George's 1909 budget, but there are many subplots including his difficulties with the suffragettes and with several individual women.

Lloyd George: The People's Champion 1902-1911

Penguin??Books

This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In good all round condition.Dust Jacket in good condition.

Nancy Astor, portrait of a pioneer

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

Nancy Astor: A Lady Unshamed

Community & Culture

Little,Brown & Company

<p>On 6 June 1944, D Day, Allied troops landed in France, opening the way to eventual history. In this controversial reappraisal of the course of World War II, John Grigg suggests that the Allied invasion could have been launched succesfully in 1943. Beginning with America's entry into the war, Grigg explores policy and grand military strategy, especially the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship. Most crucially he explores the politics of the decision to delay invasion until 1944 and its terrible repercussions.</p>

1943: The Victory That Never Was

History

Military

EYRE METHUEN

Drawing upon letters and documented speeches, this biography of Lloyd George traces his life from his birth in 1863 to the end of the Boer War in 1902. The volume provides insights into George's relationships with his family, with his guardian Richard Lloyd and with Parliamentary colleagues.

The Young Lloyd George

Europe

University of California Press

Nancy Astor

Hamlyn

1943: The Victory that Never Was

Zebra Books

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