Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy? by Antony Lentin
Professor Lentin provides a balanced analysis, using newly-released documents to give the first detailed account of the fall of Sir Edgar Speyer.
'Using newly-released source documents, [the author] gives a well-written, astute and persuasive analysis which utterly refutes (although without completely destroying) the almost century-old orthodoxy on the case of Edgar Speyer' 'It's a thoughtfully written account that makes the reader ponder how far governments today would go, if challenged with a crisis of similar magnitude.' '[I]nstructive and poignant study...' 'This short, clear, thoughtful biography is... an account of... Edwardian England with its toxic mixture of jingoism and extremes of wealth and poverty.' 'Antony Lentin has written a well-researched, compelling and balanced account of a remarkable life and explains clearly how a widely admired public figure was turned into an object of hatred and derision.' 'Lentin tells the story in a way that is sympathetic, but grounded in the sources.' '...well-researched book.'
Antony Lentin is the Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and the author of Lloyd George and the Lost Peace (2001), The Last Political Law Lord: Lord Sumner (1859-1934) (2009) and The Makers of the Modern World: General Smuts, South Africa (2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908323118 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908323116 |
| Title | Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy? |
| Author | Antony Lentin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Haus Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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