- Paperback: 323 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (20 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000686306X
- ISBN-13: 978-0006863069
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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‘Among the few truly great political biographies of this century’ Sunday Telegraph – the first volume in John Grigg’s highly acclaimed biography of Lloyd George.
The Young Lloyd George covers Lloyd George’s life from his birth in 1863 to the end of the Boer War in 1902 . It is a period of great intrinsic interest and highly relevant to Lloyd George’s future career, but comparatively little was known about it before this book appeared.
Based largely on a magnificent collection of letters written by Lloyd George to his wife and others when he was a young MP, this book throws much light not only on his political activities but also on his private life and character.
John Grigg re-examines many stock assumptions about the man who was one of the most dynamic and creative politicians of this century. It is a new interpretation of the man as an individual and as a major historic personality. It is indispensable reading.
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John Grigg’s much admired biography of Lloyd George is here available again in paperback. In this first volume, Grigg describes Lloyd George’s life from his birth in 1863, to the end of the Boer War in 1902. It is a period of great intrinsic interest and highly relevant to Lloyd George’s future career; but comparatively little was known before this book appeared. Grigg was able to use, for the first time, a magnificent collection of Lloyd George’s letters, mainly written to his wife when he was a young MP. These letters throw much light not only on his political activities, but also on his private life and character. Along with passages from his powerful and witty speeches, they convey a vivid impression of a man who was later to become one of the most dynamic figures on the world stage.
He re-examines many stock assumptions about Lloyd George, never losing sight of the man behind the politician, nor forgetting that politics were, after all, the dominating passion of his life. What emerges is, consequently, more than a study of the young Lloyd George; it is in many respects a new interpretation of the man, both as a private individual and as a major historic personality. 'The Young Lloyd George' is indispensable as well as highly entertaining reading for anyone interested in modern British history, or in the psychology of genius.
“I would not have believed that anyone could write a new volume of Lloyd George’s biography which would make everything previously written look narrow and stale. By the quality of his perception and writing he has given a new sharpness and interpretation.”
ROY JENKINS, 'Observer'
“The most brilliant biographer of our times, whose books on Lloyd George will be read as long as civilisation lasts.”
BRIAN WALDEN, 'Evening Standard'
“Difficult to overpraise … Mr Grigg has dug up a whole mass of information. A mixture of shrew human judgement and unblinkered insight.”
C.P. SNOW, 'Financial Times'
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This was the first volume of the uncompleted biography written by John Grigg and published in 1973 covering the years 1863 through to 1902.
It suffers a little bit from not being edited and brought completely up to date in 1997 when it could have been (the indirect reference to Rhodesia is an example) and perhaps also suffers from not having full access to all Lloyd George papers.
It is still a great read and full of useful insight on the nature of Lloyd George's radicalism and his transition from a Welsh Nationlist politician (but of a devolutionist streak rather than as an Plaid Cymru style independent) to one who gradually built a name for himself inside England as a radical Liberal opposed to the Boer War (and who nearly lost his life for these beliefs in Birmingham - shame on the Birmingham Post and Birmingham Mail for their role in whipping up the violence!!!).
As the comments on the back of the book state, this biography does get at the man behind the politician particularly in his courtship of his first wife Margaret (who was somewhat reluctant in marrying him due to his reputation for philandering), some suggested reasons for his philanderings (Margaret not spending enough time with him in London, preferring instead to live in Cricceth), his disasterous business activities and his renown as a successful lawyer who made his reputation through the Llanfrothen burial case (even if his Nonconformism was in reality more Deist). His vendetta's against privilege and Tory landowners are also shown as defining elements of his Liberalism even if his attitudes towards non-whites is quite frankly disappointing and unrecognisable to modern Liberals and Liberal Democrats.
Although dated, this is an unmissable and lively book on the early life of Lloyd George and is thoroughly recommended to all interested in the history of the great man and his role in the fortunes of the British Liberal Party. It is a work unlikely to be surpassed.
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