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Margot at War

- Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
Af: Anne De Courcy Engelsk Paperback

Margot at War

- Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916
Af: Anne De Courcy Engelsk Paperback
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Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister''s wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last four years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her private and public life. In 1912 rumblings of discontent and cries for social reform were encroaching on all sides - from suffragettes, striking workers and Irish nationalists. Against this background of a government beset with troubles, the Prime Minister fell desperately in love with his daughter''s best friend, Venetia Stanley; to complicate matters, so did his Private Secretary. Margot''s relationship with her husband was already bedevilled by her stepdaughter''s jealous adoration of her father. The outbreak of the First World War only heightened these swirling tensions within Downing Street. Drawing on unpublished material from personal papers and diaries, Anne de Courcy vividly recreates this extraordinary time when the Prime Minister''s residence was run like an English country house, with socialising taking precedence over politics, love letters written in the cabinet room and gossip and state secrets exchanged over the bridge table.
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Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister''s wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last four years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her private and public life. In 1912 rumblings of discontent and cries for social reform were encroaching on all sides - from suffragettes, striking workers and Irish nationalists. Against this background of a government beset with troubles, the Prime Minister fell desperately in love with his daughter''s best friend, Venetia Stanley; to complicate matters, so did his Private Secretary. Margot''s relationship with her husband was already bedevilled by her stepdaughter''s jealous adoration of her father. The outbreak of the First World War only heightened these swirling tensions within Downing Street. Drawing on unpublished material from personal papers and diaries, Anne de Courcy vividly recreates this extraordinary time when the Prime Minister''s residence was run like an English country house, with socialising taking precedence over politics, love letters written in the cabinet room and gossip and state secrets exchanged over the bridge table.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9781474625159
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1474625150
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 5 maj 2022
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 5 maj 2022
Forfatter(e): Anne De Courcy
Forfatter(e) Anne De Courcy

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9781474625159

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 400

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 196mm

Højde 129mm

Udg. Dato 5 maj 2022

Oplagsdato 5 maj 2022

Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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