H. H. Asquith Letters to Venetia Stanley

Through the prism of their domestic life, the book provides an unparalleled glimpse of life in 10 Downing Street. - Wall Street Journal The diaries start with the lead-up to war and end with the fall of the last Liberal government and David Lloyd Georges extraordinary coup against the prime minister. Mrs Asquith is well placed to watch it all. Michael and Eleanor Brock have done a fine job as editors. Their footnotes signpost all the major events of the great war and provide the reader with some delicious quotes. - The Economist [A] beautiful work of conjugal editorship by Eleanor Brock and her late husband. - The Daily Mail Almost every page of her diary carries an interesting remark. The introduction is a model of its kind, setting people and events in context in masterly fashion. - The Spectator They may not constitute the most important historical work published in this centenary year, but by a country mile they are the most entertaining. - Max Hastings, Sunday Times Michael and Eleanor Brock have edited Margot's writing with meticulous academic precision. This diary is an invaluable and fascinating text, and we must be thankful to the Brocks for producing it. - Jane Ridley, Literary Review Reading these diaries has been a pleasure enhanced by its editors, who have set the stage and introduced the cast with lucidity and scholarship. - The Times In the present torrent of books about the Great War, this deserves to stand out. - New Statesman