John Campbell’s first book, published nearly thirty years ago, was a study of Lloyd George, entitled The Goat in the Wilderness. Now, having written important biographies of Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath, Campbell has returned to Lloyd George. Once seen as a political giant, his stock has fallen since Campbell first wrote, and Churchill now stands unchallenged as man of the century. Except, perhaps, in one respect. For as this fascinating book reveals, LG was the first modern politician in one important sense: he had an affair with his secretary.

Jun 2006

Prime Minister’s Pet

Full of Heirs and Graces

Going Jungly

Wanderlust

Rex Whistler Painted Her Hall

Hythe Society

Grand Dame of Downing Street

Treachery at the Palace

From the Sewers

Knole Me Tangere

Passage from India

Building Jerusalem in the Home Countries

Where’s Wallis?

Welfare & Warfare

Woman in Black

Winds of Change

Unhappy Valley

Eminence Rose

Alpha Female

Day of the Spinster

Our Woman in Number 10

The Righteous Reformer

Chilblains and Petticoats

Dancing on a Volcano

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