The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters
by Chamberlain, Neville; Self, RobertFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-12-01
Publisher(s): Ashgate Pub Ltd
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Summary
As a primary source of historical evidence and insight, it is difficult to overstate the value and importance of Neville Chamberlain's diary letters to his sisters. They represent the most complete and illuminating 'insider' record of British politics between the wars yet to be published. From 1915 Chamberlain wrote detailed weekly epistles to his sisters until his death in 1940; a confidential account of events covering the quarter of a century during which he stood at the very centre of Conservative and national politics. Beyond the fascination of the historical record of people and events, these letters are extremely valuable for the remarkable light they throw upon the personality and character of the private man lurking behind the austerely forbidding public persona.
Table of Contents
| Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940: the man and his diary letters | |
| The making of a politician, 1915-20 | |
| 'We get busier and busier': Lord Mayor of Birmingham, March 1915 - December 1916 | |
| 'A pretty rotten time': Director-General of National Service, December 1916 - August 1917 | |
| 'A rather hard row to hoe': return to Birmingham and the road to Westminster, August 1917 - December 1918 | |
| 'The fascination of the House of Commons': Parliamentary apprenticeship, 1919 | |
| 'The handy man of the House': Parliamentary labours and dilemmas, 1920 | |
| The Chamberlain household and family | |
| Primary sources consulted for Volume One | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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