A series of letters between H. H. Asquith and Venetia Stanley, the young woman with whom he had fallen in love. These letters are not merely personal, they also document the years from 1912 to 1915, revealing state secrets, describing his colleagues in government, and charting Asquith's political career and downfall.
A series of letters between H. H. Asquith and Venetia Stanley, the young woman with whom he had fallen in love. These letters are not merely personal, they also document the years from 1912 to 1915, revealing state secrets, describing his colleagues in government, and charting Asquith's political career and downfall.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Michael Brock is a modern historian, educationalist, and Oxford college head; he was Vice-President of Wolfson College; Director of the School of Education at Exeter University; Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford; and Warden of St George's House, Windsor Castle; he is the author of The Great Reform Act, and co-editor, with Mark Curthoys, of the two nineteenth-century volumes in the History of the University of Oxford. With his wife, Eleanor Brock, a former schoolteacher, he has recently edited a new collection of Margot Asquith's Great War Diaries.
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* 1: The Master of the Commons (September 1910-22 July 1914. Letters 1-102) * 2: The Admired War Leader (24 July 1914-31 December 1914. Letters 103-243) * 3: The London Hospital and the Dardanelles (January 1915-12 May 2014. Letter 244-425 and letters I-XXXVIII) * Two Letters Discovered in 1984 * 4: Epilogue * Silvia Henley's Letters to her Husband * Judy Gendel, by Patrick Leigh Fermor * Appendices * Family Trees * Biographical Notes * Index
* 1: The Master of the Commons (September 1910-22 July 1914. Letters 1-102) * 2: The Admired War Leader (24 July 1914-31 December 1914. Letters 103-243) * 3: The London Hospital and the Dardanelles (January 1915-12 May 2014. Letter 244-425 and letters I-XXXVIII) * Two Letters Discovered in 1984 * 4: Epilogue * Silvia Henley's Letters to her Husband * Judy Gendel, by Patrick Leigh Fermor * Appendices * Family Trees * Biographical Notes * Index
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