Paperback edition of Hattersley's acclaimed and authoritative
biography of the complex radical politician, who was both a
tireless champion of the poor and a restless philanderer, addicted
to living dangerously. He was one of the most significant and
remarkable political personalities of the 20th century. It was a
Book of the Year in both the "Telegraph" and "New
Statesman". *Also appeared in August Buyer's Notes*
A Welshman among the English, a nonconformist among Anglicans and a
self-made man in the patrician corridors of power, David Lloyd
George, the last Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, was the
founding father of the Welfare State and was as great a peacetime
leader as Churchill was in war. In this fascinating biography of an
authentic radical, Roy Hattersley charts the great reforms - the
first old age pension, sick pay and unemployment benefit - of which
Lloyd George was architect, and also sheds light on the
complexities of a man who was both a tireless champion of the poor,
and a restless philanderer who was addicted to living dangerously.
Roy Hattersley is a politician turned writer. He was elected to Parliament in 1964 and in 1983 he became deputy leader of the Labour Party. He has written columns for The Guardian, Punch and The Listener.
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