The Neville Chamberlain Diary Letters: The Making of a Politician, 1915-20 v. 1 Book

Neville Chamberlain's diary letters to his sisters represent an illuminating "insider" record of British politics between the wars. 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. The letters are also valuable for the light they throw upon the personality and character of the private man lurking behind the austerely forbidding public persona. This first volume of Chamberlain's letters covers the crucial formative period from his election as Lord Mayor of Birmingham, through his ill-fated emergence on the national stage as head of the newly-created Department of National Service in 1917, to his entry to the Commons at the age of 50, where as a backbencher he swiftly established a claim to advancement.Read More