Peter Rowland, a one-time local government officer, is a well-known historian and biographer and occasional writer of fiction. More information will be found on www.peter.rowland.org.uk .
Some reactions to Lloyd George (1975)
ÒCompetent and complete.Ó - The Times
ÒThe best biography we have.Ó - The Economist
ÒHas far surpassed earlier biographersÉ. comprehensive, scholarly and readable.Ó- Irish Independent
ÒAn outsize account of an outsize figure.Ó - The New Yorker
ÒA narrative style that scarcely ever limps. There is great energy and purpose with Mr Rowland as our guide.Ó - The Political Quarterly
ÒNot a word of it is dull.Ó - Oxford Mail
ÒA great improvement on its predecessors.... A substantial work of political biography.Ó - A.J.P. Taylor, The Observer
ÒWell written and workmanlike - the result of massive research.Ó
- Lord Boothby, Books and Bookmen
ÒIt will be a long while before it is replaced.Ó - Robert Blake, The Sunday Times