The Holy Fox by Andrew Roberts
Bestselling historian Andrew Roberts's much-admired reappraisal of one of the most influential – and controversial – British politicians of the 1930s.
A fox-hunting Anglo-Catholic aristocrat, nicknamed 'The Holy Fox' by Churchill for his political guile, Halifax was one of the most prominent Tory politicians of the interwar period. As Viceroy of India, he struck a deal with Gandhi that ended the Civil Disobedience campaign. His meeting with Hitler in 1937 was a milestone in appeasement, yet just days before the infamous Munich agreement, he demanded 'the destruction of Nazism'. By May 1940, for many it was Halifax, not Churchill, who was the natural choice for Britain's war leader.
Andrew Roberts's acclaimed biography draws on private documents to offer a nuanced reappraisal of an enigmatic, influential and much-maligned politician.
Mr Roberts's narrative account of the crucial months grips and convinces -- Andrew Marr
It is quite a life, and in Andrew Roberts the life has found quite a biographer -- Norman Stone
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789546361 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789546362 |
| Title | The Holy Fox |
| Author | Andrew Roberts |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2019-12-12 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
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