A rollicking, fictionalised account of Liberal PM Asquith's affaire with a shallow socialite based on personal, letters and papers. The insights of the shenanigans of the ruling elite reads at times like a Mills and Boon! He comes across as a raving narcissist who betrayed the electorate allowing them to descend into the horrors and losses of WW I. He was not held to account nor lose his position until 1916, when Lloyd George was eventually able to topple him.
(Margaret Teh - bwl 117 Summer 2025 ) |
