If Love Were All... by John Campbell
In the summer of 1911 David Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, hired a young schoolteacher called Frances Stevenson to tutor his daughter in the summer holidays. Their secret relationship was to last for thirty years until his wife's death finally allowed Lloyd George to marry her in 1943.
"Fascinating.. John Campbell has an extraordinary story to tell and he tells it with great skill and authority... Gripping" -- Jane Ridley * Literary Review *
"Campbell's pacily written book is tantalising. It is the sheer quantity of material, with hundreds of letters and diary entries comprehensively transcribed, that makes this rather prurient volume possible" -- Chris Bryant * The Independent *
"Elegant... [Campbell] makes an excellent fist of it, using innumerable letters and diaries to produce an engrossing, judicious read" -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
"A book that is by turns compulsively readable and deeply enlightening about the character of one of our greatest Prime Ministers" * Independent on Sunday *
"Judicious, workmanlike and thorough" -- Hilary Spurling * Observer *
"Campbell's pacily written book is tantalising. It is the sheer quantity of material, with hundreds of letters and diary entries comprehensively transcribed, that makes this rather prurient volume possible" -- Chris Bryant * The Independent *
"Elegant... [Campbell] makes an excellent fist of it, using innumerable letters and diaries to produce an engrossing, judicious read" -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
"A book that is by turns compulsively readable and deeply enlightening about the character of one of our greatest Prime Ministers" * Independent on Sunday *
"Judicious, workmanlike and thorough" -- Hilary Spurling * Observer *
John Campbell is recognised as one of Britain's leading political biographers. In addition to Edward Heath, which won the NCR Award in 1994, and his highly praised two-volume biography of Margaret Thatcher (2000 and 2003), his subjects have included Lloyd George (1977), F.E. Smith, Lord Birkenhead (1983), Roy Jenkins (1983) and Aneurin Bevan (1986). His most recent book was Pistols at Dawn. He is currently writing the authorised biography of Roy Jenkins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844137565 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844137562 |
| Title | If Love Were All... |
| Author | John Campbell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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