Summary
By RJQ Adams John Murray GBP30
IF ever a book deserved its subtitle. "The Last Grandee" is how the American academic RJQ Adams describes his subject, Arthur James Balfour, politician, philosopher and one-time British prime minister. His account of the life and times of this strange, handsome, intellectually wayward Scottish aristocrat makes fascinating reading.See the full content of this document
Extract
Balfour: The Last Grandee the Arts: Book Reviews
Born in 1848, and heir to 180,000 acres of land in East Lothian and Easter Ross, Balfour's education took a common route for young aristos: private tutoring, prep school followed by Eton, then King's College, Cambridge....
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
