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Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war in August 1914. Asquith's early war leadership drew praise from all quarters, but in December 1916 he was forced from office in a palace coup, and replaced by Lloyd George, whose career he had done so much to promote. Margot had both the literary gifts and the vantage point to create, in her diary of these years, a compelling record of her husband's fall from grace. She once described herself as "a sort of political clairvoyant", but she did not anticipate the premier's fall, and it is for her candour, not her clairvoyance, that the diary is valuable. Margot was both a spectator of, and a participant in, the events that she describes, and in public affairs could be an ally or an embarrassment - sometimes both. Her diary evokes the wartime milieu, as experienced in 10 Downing Street, and describes the great political battles that lay behind the warfare on the Western Front. Her writing teems with character sketches, including those of Lloyd George ("a natural adventurer who may make or mar himself any day"), Churchill ("Winston's vanity is septic"), and Kitchener ("a man brutal by nature and by pose"). Witty and worldly, Margot also possessed a childlike vulnerability: "This is the 84th day of the war" she wrote in October 1914, "and speaking for myself I have never felt the same person since. I don't mean to say I have improved! On the contrary...".This volume brings together a wealth of previously-unpublished source material with an introductory essay from Michael and Eleanor Brock, two of the leading authorities in the field. This will be vital reading for anyone with an interest in the history of World War I or in British politics of the time.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198229771
ISBN-13
9780198229773
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201583261

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Author
Eleanor Brock
Publication Name
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916 : the View from Downing Street
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
520 Pages

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9.4in
Item Height
1.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
35.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Da566.9
Reviews
They may not constitute the most important historical work published in this centenary year, but by a country mile they are the most entertaining., "Michael and Eleanor Brock have edited Margot's writing with meticulous academic precision. This diary is an invaluable and fascinating text, and we must be thankful to the Brocks for producing it." --Literary Review "Almost every page of her diary carries an interesting remark. The introduction is a model of its kind, setting people and events in context in masterly fashion." --Spectator "The diaries start with the lead-up to war and end with the fall of the last Liberal government and David Lloyd George's extraordinary coup against the prime minister. Mrs. Asquith is well placed to watch it all. Michael and Eleanor Brock have done a fine job as editors. Their footnotes signpost all the major events of the great war and provide the reader with some delicious quotes." --The Economist "[A] beautiful work of conjugal editorship by Eleanor Brock and her late husband." --The Daily Telegraph
Table of Content
Preface and AcknowledgementsEditorial noteList of illustrationsFamily TreesChronologyIntroductionMargot's Diary1. 24 July to 7 August 19142. 10 August to 21 December 19143. January to 13 April 19154. 17 April to 19 May 19155. 20 May to 3 August 19156. 4 August to 15 November 19157. 16 November 1915 to 4 May 19168. 5 May to 29 August 19169. 17 September to 14 December 1916EpilogueShort titles (and bibliography) of sources usedAppendix 1: Biographical notes
Copyright Date
2014
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / General
Dewey Decimal
941.083092
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History

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