| The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters: Volume 2: The Reform Years, 1921-27 Contributor(s): Self, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1840146923 ISBN-13: 9781840146929 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00026601 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.84 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a primary source of historical evidence and insight, it is difficult to overstate the value and importance of Neville Chamberlain's diary letters to his sisters. They represent the most complete and illuminating 'insider' record of British politics between the wars yet to be published. From 1915 Chamberlain wrote detailed weekly epistles to his sisters until his death in 1940; a confidential account of events covering the quarter of a century during which he stood at the very centre of Conservative and national politics. Beyond the fascination of the historical record of people and events, these letters are extremely valuable for the remarkable light they throw upon the personality and character of the private man lurking behind the austerely forbidding public persona. |