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Loading... Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street (original 2014; edition 2014)by Michael Brock (Editor)
Work InformationMargot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street by Margot Asquith (2014)
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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 oncedescribed herself as 'a sort of political clairvoyant', but she did not anticipate the premier's fall, and it is for No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)941.083History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1910-1936 George VLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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