Asquith : portrait of a man and an era / by Roy Jenkins.

Cont.: From Yorkshire to Balliol -- A struggling barrister -- A sure thrust to fame -- A wider stage -- Mr. Gladstone's home secretary -- A new wife and a dying government -- Out of office -- A dismal opposition -- Liberal imperialism and the Boer War -- The opposition revived -- The radical dawn -- Crown prince -- An assured succession -- A trial of statesmanship I -- A trial of statesmanship II -- Strange ailments of liberal England -- A prime minister's routine -- The Irish imbroglio I -- The Irish imbroglio II -- The plunge to war -- A prime minister and his colleagues -- From liberalism to coalition -- A troubled government -- Compulsion in England and rebellion in Ireland -- A declining authority -- A palace revolution I -- A palace revolution II -- The last of the Romans -- The old chief returns -- The last phase.