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Chargement... David & Winston: How a Friendship Changed History (2005)par Robert Lloyd George
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is an extremly interesting book, which focuses on the relationship between Winston Churchill and his mentor David Lloyd George during the 45 years they worked together in British politics. This special aspect in the life of Sir Winston has not been covered by any other biographer as far as I know, and the author extensively uses his family's archives, giving the reader an insight into one of the modern world's most interesting special relationships. Highly recommended! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Although from different backgrounds, David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill forged a close friendship, delighting in each other's wit, oratory and unconventionality. Both were outsiders. Neither attended university. Above all, both loved political sparring - often together, in the epic parliamentary battles of the start of the century. Theirs was a personal friendship that involved frequent holidays together and support of each other's families. But their real shared passion was politics. For ten years between 1904 and 1914 they met together every day for an hour's private discussion. Lloyd George profoundly influenced Churchill's political philosophy and played a formative role in his career. Drawing on unseen family archive material, Robert Lloyd George provides an intimate biography of the friendship between his great-grandfather and Churchill, from their public politics to their private passions. He throws fresh light on the two greatest statesmen of twentieth century Britain in peace and in war, and on one of the most enduring friendships in modern politics. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Unfortunately, the book is marred by some internal inconsitencies. For exampe, on page 98 the author reproduces a Max Beerbohm cartoon of Churchill and Lloyd George. Later in the book he refers to this cartoon but gives to Churchill the line which the cartoon clearly had mouthed by Lloyd George. Noticed internal inconsistencies raise the specter of whether there are others in the text or its interpretations that have escaped notice.
The book suffers from the modern disease of bad proofreading. It is not that there are typographical errors, but there are words missing and sometimes words are repeated, as if the final proofreading were done by Spell Check. ( )