The Guardsmen: Harold Macmillan, Three Friends and the World they Made Ball, Simon Summary This work aims to shed light on the political generation of Harold Macmillan. This work aims to shed light on the political generation of Harold Macmillan. A collective biography of a political era seen through four Conservative politicians, Macmillan the academic, Lord Salisbury the aristocrat, Oliver Lyttelton the man of action and Harry Crookshank the wit - a tightly-knit group of privileged Englishmen all born between 1893-4, who shared a common education (Eton, Oxford, the Guards), who fought together in World War I and who rose to political prominence in time for the next, and all served as senior members of Churchill's peacetime administration during the 1950s. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 480 pages · Hardcover By Ball, Simon Details ISBN: 9780002571104 Author: Ball, Simon Format: Hardcover Pages: 480 Language: English Publication date: 17 May 2004 Condition: Used – Very Good About the authors Ball, Simon and Simon J. Ball and Simon Nicholas Ball More about this book Reviews This work aims to shed light on the political generation of Harold Macmillan.
