Margot Asquith : An Autoiography

By Margot Asquith

Book Overview

Margot Asquith: An Autobiography by Margot Asquith When I began this book I feared that its merit would depend upon how faithfully I could record my own impressions of people and events: when I had finished it I was certain of it. Had it been any other kind of book the judgment of those nearest me would have been invaluable, but, being what it is, it had to be entirely my own; since whoever writes as he speaks must take the whole responsibility, and to ask "Do you think I may say this?" or "write that?" is to shift a little of that responsibility on to someone else. This I could not bear to do, above all in the case of my husband, who sees these recollections for the first time now. My only literary asset is natural directness, and that faculty would have been paralysed if I thought anything that I have written here would implicate him. I would rather have made a hundred blunders of style or discretion than seem, even to myself, let alone the world at large, to have done that. Unlike many memoirists, the list of people I have to thank in this preface is short: Lord Crewe and Mr. Texeira de Mattos-who alone saw my MS. before its completion-for their careful criticisms which in no way committed them to approving of all that I have written; Mr. Desmond MacCarthy, for valuable suggestions; and my typist, Miss Lea, for her silence and quickness. There are not many then of whom I can truly say, "Without their approval and encouragement this book would never have been written"-but those who really love me will forgive me and know that what I owe them is deeper than thanks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503185036
• ISBN13: 9781503185036
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"