No comments about W.G. Grace (Pocket Biographies).

No comments about Lord Curzon.

No comments about A BOFFIN PUTS TO SEA.

No comments about The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: 1854-June 1855 (Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle).

No comments about The True Story of Lord And Lady Byron.

1 comments about His Father's Son: The Life of Randolph Churchill.

1. This book carries on the family tradition of sons writing about fathers. The author's grandfather, the famous Prime Minister, had much earlier written a biography of his father, also named Randolph, which was generally poorly reviewed at the time and essentially constituted a glorification of the subject. The current work, which purports to be objective, reveals a startingly adventurous life, lived always within the shadow of the famous father. I think that objectivity is achieved (the author's father could be difficult, to way the least but was also generous to a fault and loyal regardless of consequences). The reader will be surprised at the many intellectual and other accomplishments of the subject of this biohgraphy. Toward the end of his life, Randolph was commissioned to write the Great Biography (about his famous father), and the period when he completed the first two volumes of this undertaking (Martin Gilbert finished the task) is particularly interesting.! ! The author's earliest recollections come into play in the second half of the book, which include a large number of historically significant individuals (of course, his famous grandfather, but many other British political luminaries as well). Churchill buffs will very much enjoy this book.

No comments about The Journal of John Wodehouse First Earl of Kimberley, 1862-1902 (Camden Fifth Series).

3 comments about Sir Sidney Hamburger and Manchester Jewry: Religion, City, and Community (Parkes-Wiener Series on Jewish Studies).

1. Sir Sidney was a wonderful man and this is a fitting tribute to his remarkable life.



2. Since Sir Sidney Hamburger passed away in July 2001, Bill Williams' work will become the definitive biography of the man the Anglo-Jewish community called "Mr Manchester." Virtually nothing of significance happened in the Manchester Jewish community from 1945 to 2000 without Sidney Hamberger's personal involvement, surely a unique record in any major diaspora Jewish community. In addition, Hamburger was a successful businessman, outstanding local politician and farsighted health services planner and administrator. Bill Williams,doyen of the historians of Anglo-Jewry, has provided a masterful biography and fascinating record of post-war Jewish life developing, expanding and fragmenting after the damage and hardship of World War II.



3. Sir Sidney Hamburger achieved a substantial role in Manchester, the City of Salford and the North-West region, England as chairman of the Planning and Finance Committees of Salford City Council, leader of the Labour Group on the City Council, and Mayor of Salford during 1968-69, as well as playing a leading role in the post-war reconstruction of his city. Sir Sidney Hamburger And Manchester Jewry is the story of a remarkable politician and community leader who was also deeply involved in the Jewish community's Zionist movement through the massive social and political upheavals of the post-war years. He derived his idealism from an Orthodox Judaism to which he was strictly committed. An outstanding biography of a provincial Jewish leader, Sir Sidney Hamburger And Manchester Jewry is a superb study of leadership in provincial Anglo-Jewry, an informative exploration of the collective identity of a Jewish general born in Britain to parents of Eastern European origin, and a welcome contribution to Judaic studies reading lists and library collections.

No comments about Christopher Wren (Pocket Biographies).

2 comments about From Plymouth To Parliament: A Rhetorical History of Nancy Astor's 1919 Campaign.

1. Anyone knowing the history of Winston Churchill visualizes the confrontations he had with Lady Astor. The author includes one in her book about poison. Another one has Winston being drunk, and Lady Astor confronting him and he responding Yes I am drunk, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you shall still be ugly. I wanted to know a little more about Lady Astor and this book gave me a brief insight into her. It was an average read, and I commend the author on writing something original. In this age where we have three or four books coming out about Benjamin Franklin, it is refreshing to have a book about an original subject like the 1919 election of Lady Astor.
   This book is dry in places because the author focuses on the use of language in the election of Lady Astor. It is rather a short book, so she should have just concentrated on the election and detailed more of the aftermath of the election and the rise of Nancy Astor. Again, the author has done a good job of detailing the rise of this remarkable woman.



2. Reads like a good novel, but is flush with enough references and footnotes to make even the snobbiest of academics smile. A fascinating women, as told by another great woman--my mom.