
"A Superb New Biography . . . A Tragic Story, Brilliantly Told." -Andrew Roberts, Literary Review George Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of his country's empire to the traumatized years following World War I. As viceroy of...



"Elegant biography . . . a fast-moving, entertaining, and finely written story." --Simon Schama, The New Yorker

George Nathaniel Curzon was one of the most talented, colourful and controversial of British statesmen. Viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and Foreign Secretary under George V, his career stretched from the high noon of Empire to the traumatized Britain of the 1920s. Brilliant,...

