Description: As British Conservative party leader and thrice prime minister during the 1920s and 1930s, Stanley Baldwin played a leading role in such celebrated episodes as the General Strike and the Abdication, and presided over a period of unusual Conservative dominance. Supplemented by an extensive commentary, this selection of his letters and reported conversations will be indispensable for understanding early twentieth-century British politics and public life. It will attract wide interest as an intimate portrait of an intriguing statesman.
Review Quotes: Review of the hardback: '... magnificent volume ... this collection of letters, memos, notes and extracts from others do give a rounded picture of a thoroughly decent man - perhaps the most quintessentially English prime minister of the last century or more.' The House Magazine