Salisbury 1830-1903 : Portrait of a Statesman
28: John Murray, 1953. Hardcover. Text in English. 409 pp. Price clipped jacket. Former owners name on the front free endpaper.
Three times Prime Minister and one of the greatest statesmen of the nineteenth century, has been strangely neglected by biographers. Lady Gwendolen Cecil's Life was planned on an ample scale but stopped many years before his death. Captain Kennedy's aim is to give in one handy volume a concise, comprehensive and clear account of Lord Salisbury's eminent career in politics and diplomacy and also to throw new light on his home background his character and his opinions.
He had deep religious convictions, unshakable integrity, resolute independence (sometimes embarrassing to his colleagues). great outspokenness (often salted with sarcasm), keen interest in applied science, complete indifference to sport and remarkablc detachment in social life.
This book, written with the approval and co-operation of Lord Salisbury's family, should prove to be of great assistance to students of the period and of great interest to all who find pleasure in scrious and well-written biography of the eminent. Captain Kennedy served for many years on the staff of The Times and has made a life study of diplomatic history. Very Good / Very Good. Item #4627
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