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Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 PDF Book MARGOT AT WAR: LOVE AND BETRAYAL IN DOWNING STREET, 1912-1916 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Anne De Courcy | 384 pages | 12 Nov 2015 | Orion Publishing Co | 9781780225906 | English | London, United Kingdom Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 PDF Book And it was not unusual for those men of the ruling class to cast aspersions at the frailty of women generally while leaning very heavily on their wives and other women for emotional and even material support. They really don't make em like they used to,or so it seems. She settled into life at Downing Street which, thanks to her personal wealth, was run like an Edwardian country house. The suffragettes for the first time struck without warning, breaking three streets of shop windows with hammers concealed in their muffs as Big Ben struck five. Big men history is no longer enough. Rita Kelly rated it it was ok Sep 16, From the front, Churchill sent her lists of instructions for his arrival, tasks and meetings to organise that exhausted her. We hear that letters from her would be delivered to Asquith immediately, for example in cabinet meetings, and he would stop to read the letter, and then reply to it, before carrying on with the meeting. The questions of Irish Home Rule, the Suffragette movement, the changing economic society, as well as the on-going diplomatic questions as Germany and Great Britain jockeyed for power, were all problems to be dealt with. Dreadfully disappointed with this one. I choose my 'next read' randomly, in order to avoid an unconscious bias in selection. Their marriage survived, however, because of a bond that was never severed. The phrase "behind every great man More filters. But, having done it, he was ready to share the sacrifices of the poorest of his subjects. Jan 12, Russell James rated it it was amazing. By , when Asquith was forced out of office, everything had changed. The two were a special match — both were the children of exceptionally promiscuous and neglectful parents and neither had won parental love. In so many ways, Clementine Churchill and Margot Asquith could not have been more different, but it is this world of upper class privilege that connects them. The leisurely social life and cosmopolitan cultural life of the Asquith family followed Edwardian patterns and seemed out of place in wartime, which undermined the family's popularity. Tue 1 Dec The main focus is his second wife Margot and her life just before and during World War I but perhaps the most interesting parts of the book deal with Asquith and his devotion to his daughter's best friend Venetia Stanley. It is fair to say that Downing Street was not only dealing with matters of war, but with an internal struggle between the wife of the Prime Minister and both his daughter and her best friend. Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. But actually, the life of Margot Asquith is merely a pivot or can-opener, something that provides access to a splendid history of British Political History in the period leading up to and during the First World War. I settled on the years , which meant writing about the interior life of 10 Downing Street in a way that, to my knowledge, it had never been written about before, chronicling the minutiae of the household, from the 17 servants crammed into the attics to the colour Margot painted the hall. There is a strong emphasis on the controversies that accompanied the changing role of women in wartime and the scrutiny of the Prime Minister's wife, Margot Asquith. The Asquith marriage prevailed. However, he also seems to have inspired a lot of love and jealousy amongst the women in his life and the central relationship that this book is about caused Margot Asquith terrible unhappiness and bitter jealousy. All sorts of little touches show here, a tiny one: a minister rushing in with news so urgent that he forgot to put on his hat! She also suffered depression, which was not diagnosed until the s. I know it was a different time, and I grew up under workaholic Thatcher, but this man was more interested in playing bridge than being Prime Minister, not really awfully bothered about the war - until his own son was killed. Though a prodigious drinker nicknamed "Squiffy"for his love of alcohol, he apparently read for two hours every night before sleeping. After her husband died, Clementine did not sleep another night there. More Details Anne de Courcy is a well-known writer and journalist. And even once war started, the society hostesses insisted that, although other men had to join up, they could not possibly spare their own footmen and butlers, because who would keep the house running?! Your cart Close. There are accounts of front line fighting, which of course was horrendous in that war, and she includes accounts of gas attacks and appalling injuries. Anne de Courcy paints a very evocative portrait not only of an era, but of the personalities behind the politics of the day. A world where the centre of global influence was a country where primogeniture meant the vast estates of these families represented some 90 per cent of all the land in Britain. For anyone not so interested it would probably be a tad tedious. Yet her last four years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her private and public life. On the one hand, the People's Budget and the Parliament Act. Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 Writer Lastly, I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, for review. Anne de Courcy does an excellent job in expanding her book past the affairs of the heart. To outsiders and family, there were times where Clementine appeared highly strung and frail or needing extra care. In 19 Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. Aug 22, Nick Pengelley rated it it was amazing. A very well written biography about the life of Margot Asquith during the Great War. An unconventional view of the First World War from inside the glittering social salon of Downing Street: a story of unrequited love, loss, sacrifice, scandal and the Prime Minister's wife, Margot Asquith. When the time came to read this I did ask myself, did I really want or need to read a biography of a rather privileged woman whose main claim to fame was being married to a Prime Minister, rather than concentrating on biographies of people who actually achieved something. Other Editions 6. Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. In , when Anne de Courcy's book opens, rumblings of discontent and cries for social reform were encroaching on all sides - from suffragettes, striking workers and Irish nationalists. May 07, Jill Meyer rated it it was amazing. Aug 14, Katharine rated it really liked it. So when the tide finally turns on the Asquiths, it is hard to garner much sympathy for them. Details if other :. Readers also viewed. Domestic difficulties for Margot lay on the horizon too. The Churchills also supported their daughter-in-law Pamela in her notorious work in London as party hostess to significant visitors, where the bedroom became as important as the drawing or dining room and she was tasked to pry information and report back to Number The fledgling welfare state had just emerged, and the power of the House of Lords had been broken. One of the most important Prime Ministers in history, for better and for worse. Snowdon: The Biography. This year, , is the centennial of the start of World War I. More books by Anne de Courcy. There's much more on the affairs of state, but love - whether requited or not - is part of the picture. Having just read Clementine Churchill First Lady I was interested in following up with a look into the Asquiths' life and found this book on Margot. This was a period which saw astounding social change and at least two revolutions, not to mention the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the abdication of the Kaiser and the slaughter of the Czar and his family. The political concerns are with unrest and strikes, Home Rule in Ireland and the Suffragettes, who both Asquith and Margot are extremely unsympathetic towards. Showing Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912-1916 Reviews In these portraits of prominent women partnered with historic figures of British history, there has been a rounding out of the historical record. De Courcy, author of the celebrated The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting In The Raj, indulges us with generous quotes from contemporary correspondence and detailed observation, describing life at a time of turbulent change through engaging anecdotes and descriptions. Flaubertian rated it really liked it Nov 21, The leisurely social life and cosmopolitan cultural life of the Asquith family followed Edwardian patterns and seemed out of place in wartime, which undermined the family's popularity. And no Hollywood endings either. The l A fascinating social history of Britain's transition from the Edwardian era to the First World War in the early 20th century with a focus on the Asquith family. By , when Asquith was forced out of office, everything had changed. Many books have been written about the war and the years before and after. Her iconic turban headwear at the time was a strategy to cheer people up — looking smart and appearing in good spirits was her way of saying Britain could yet win.
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