Haldane of Cloan; his Life and Times 1856-1928

Hardback book; lawyer and distinguishedn philosopher, Haldane was Secretary of State for War in the Liberal Cabinet of 1905 and also known for his reform of the Territorials in 1907. Haldane knew all the great social and political figures of the Edwardian era, and it is doubtful if any other statesman knew the Emperor of Germany and his advisors as well as Haldane, a fact used against him at the outbreak of the 1st World War when he was bitterly attacked by his political enemies; black and white illustrations