Curzon

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Winner of the 1994 Duff Cooper Prize
Few statesmen have led such colourful and controversial lives as George Nathaniel Curzon. Brilliant, tempestuous and - in the words of the notorious rhyme - superior, his career was an almost unparalleled blend of triumph and disappointment. Queen Victoria's last Viceroy of India, his term of office ended in dramatic resignation. And despite his later successes as Foreign Secretary, George V thwarted his ambition to become Prime Minister.
David Gilmour's portrait of this complex figure, whose personal life was marked by equivalent vicissitudes of fortune, is widely regarded as one of the finest biographies of recent years.
'It is a magnificent work . . . entirely convincing in its evocation of Curzon's extraordinary character. It is, in short, the definitive life.' David Cannadine, Observer
'A biography as definitive as such a work can ever be a splendid book.' Lord Blake, Evening Standard
'One of the best biographies of our time . . . a... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Winner of the 1994 Duff Cooper Prize
Few statesmen have led such colourful and controversial lives as George Nathaniel Curzon. Brilliant, tempestuous and - in the words of the notorious rhyme - superior, his career was an almost unparalleled blend of triumph and disappointment. Queen Victoria's last Viceroy of India, his term of office ended in dramatic resignation. And despite his later successes as Foreign Secretary, George V thwarted his ambition to become Prime Minister.
David Gilmour's portrait of this complex figure, whose personal life was marked by equivalent vicissitudes of fortune, is widely regarded as one of the finest biographies of recent years.
'It is a magnificent work . . . entirely convincing in its evocation of Curzon's extraordinary character. It is, in short, the definitive life.' David Cannadine, Observer
'A biography as definitive as such a work can ever be a splendid book.' Lord Blake, Evening Standard
'One of the best biographies of our time . . . a book of outstanding excellence.' Piers Brendon, New Statesman
'Impeccably researched, beautifully constructed and stylishly written.' Kenneth Rose, Sunday Telegraph
'An absorbing, witty and intelligent biography . . . David Gilmour's mix of erudition, hard analysis and quizzical amusement will give this volume a unique place on the ever more crowded shelves of political biography.' Ben Pimlott, Independent on Sunday
Cover photograph by Hoppé/The Mansell Collection Spine detail: Hulton Deutsch
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