Alfred Deakin: Volume 2: A Biography by J A La Nauze

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has scratches to front and back covers. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Alfred Deakin (1856-1919) was known to the public during his lifetime as a statesman, orator, one of the fathers of the Federation and three-time Prime Minister. The private man - mystic, student, intellectual was no less remarkable.

Professor La Nauze presents not only the public and private man but also reveals the inner history of the policies and decisions of that period of imperial relations, making this work an essential contribution to Australian and imperial history. (back cover)

Volume 2 covers the years 1901 to 1919.