David Lloyd George (University of Wales Press - Celtic Radicals) - Softcover

Price, Emyr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708319475 ISBN 13: 9780708319475

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2006

Synopsis

The majority of historians have viewed Lloyd Georges early career to 1896 as superficial and merely the precursor to his successes at Westminster. Emyr Price provides an altogether different view. Based on original research he asserts that Lloyd George had a very strong commitment to Home Rule (and was the first modern Welsh nationalist), official status for the Welsh language and strong labour legislation and that he campaigned fearlessly against the tide (especially within his own party) to being these measures about. His decision to become a careerist politician after 1896 was the only way he could further the cause of Welsh national movement.

Price also investigates Lloyd Georges Welsh perception of the major issues that dominated his period of power at Westminster (1908-1922) including Ireland and how these Welsh and Celtic values determined his actions.

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About the Author

Emyr Price is an acknowledged expert on the early career of David Lloyd George. He was Senior Lecturer in History at the Normal College, Bangor, which is now part of University of Wales, Bangor, and has worked for over fifteen years as a producer and scriptwriter for television broadcasters HTV and S4C. Educated at University College North Wales, Bangor, and the London School of Economics, he studied Lloyd George for his MA thesis and has been a Trustee of the Lloyd George Museum.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708319475
• ISBN 13: 9780708319475
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236