A riveting account of the turbulent period in 1940 when the political establishement was convulsed as to who should succeed Neville Chamberlain. From the Royal family down, Lord Halifax - despite not sitting in the Commons - was the hot favourite. He refused to be nominated while the man of destiry waited in the wings and the Nazis were at the gates. Fate at the last minute intervened. The rest is history. I lived through it. It was a damned close run thing.
(David Graham - bwl 88 Spring 2018 ) |
