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Antony Lentin - Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy?, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy?

The Troublesome Case of Sir Edgar Speyer

Av Antony Lentin

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Sir Edgar Speyer (1862-1932) was a celebrated figure in the financial, cultural and political high life of Edwardian England. ‘King of the London Underground’ and friend of Liberal Prime Minister Asquith, he was a generous public benefactor, who rescued the Proms from disaster and directed the funding of Captain Scott’s Antarctic expeditions. In 1914 Speyer stood at the peak of his fame.On the outbreak of the war, he became a pariah. Though a naturalised British citizen for over 20 years, his German parentage caused him to be ostracised by society and hounded out of the country by unscrupulous politicians and irresponsible Press. In 1921, under the newly enacted Aliens Act, he appeared before a judicial tribunal, which found him guilty of disloyalty and disaffection, and of communicating and trading with Germany in wartime. He was stripped of his citizenship and membership of the Privy Council.Traitor, spy or scapegoat for the Liberal Party? The Speyer case remains controversial: in the foreword, Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC sees Speyer as the victim of injustice, while other scholars do not doubt his pro-German sympathies. Professor Lentin provides a balanced analysis, using newly-released documents to give the first detailed account of the fall of Sir Edgar Speyer.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-17
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 320 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 220
  • Förlag: Haus Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781908323118
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Antony Lentin is the Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and the author of Lloyd George and the Lost Peace (2001), The Last Political Law Lord: Lord Sumner (1859-1934) (2009) and The Makers of the Modern World: General Smuts, South Africa (2010).

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'Using newly-released source documents, [the author] gives a well-written, astute and persuasive analysis which utterly refutes (although without completely destroying) the almost century-old orthodoxy on the case of Edgar Speyer.' 'It's a thoughtfully written account that makes the reader ponder how far governments today would go, if challenged with a crisis of similar magnitude.' '[I]nstructive and poignant study...' 'This short, clear, thoughtful biography is... an account of... Edwardian England with its toxic mixture of jingoism and extremes of wealth and poverty.' 'Antony Lentin has written a well-researched, compelling and balanced account of a remarkable life and explains clearly how a widely admired public figure was turned into an object of hatred and derision.' 'Lentin tells the story in a way that is sympathetic, but grounded in the sources.' '...well-researched book.'

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