H. H. Asquith Letters to Venetia Stanley - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0198722915 ISBN 13: 9780198722915

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2014

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Through the prism of their domestic life, the book provides an unparalleled glimpse of life in 10 Downing Street. (Wall Street Journal)

Reseña del editor:

H. H. Asquith fell in love with Venetia Stanley in the spring of 1912. Over the next three years he wrote to her whenever he could not see her: sometimes three times a day, sometimes during a debate in the house of Commons, on occasion even during a Cabinet meeting.

He shared many political and military secrets with her and wrote freely of his colleagues in government, who included LLoyd George, Churchill, and Kitchener. The correspondence ended abruptly in May 1915 when Venetia told Asquith of her engagement to a junior Cabinet Minister, Edwin Montagu. The Prime Minister, who was at a crisis in his political fortunes, confessed himself utterly heart-broken.

This reissue of Asquith's letters to Venetia Stanley includes explanatory notes from Michael and Eleanor Brock, two of the leading authorities in the field. This volume documents a romance, and yet is vital reading for anyone interested in the history of World War I or in British politics of the time.

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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0198722915
• ISBN 13: 9780198722915
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 722
• Herausgeber: Brock Michael, Brock Eleanor