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Preface
PART I. OLD SCHOOL TIE Enigma?Lord Halifax Prince Charming?Anthony Eden Churchill’s Man Friday?Sir Archibald Sinclair Miraculous Metamorphosis?Sir Kingsley Wood PART II. LABOUR Boss?Ernest Bevin Lord of London?Herbert Morrison The Gentleman Vanishes?Clement Attlee A Lord Who Rules the Water?Albert Victor Alexander Empire Builder, New Style?Arthur Greenwood PART III. SOLDIERS The King’s First Soldier?Sir John Greer Dill The General and the Desert?General Sir Archibald Wavell PART IV. ECCENTRICS A Canadian Yankee at King George’s Court?Lord Beaverbrook Ambassador Most Extraordinary?Sir Stafford Cripps PART V. SYMBOL The Life of King George VI |