Normandy to the Baltic

Author: Field Marshal – the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Inscribed & Signed by Montgomery

Published for private circulation in the British Army of the Rhine. NOT to be Reproduced or quoted. Copyright reserved.

Field Marshal Montgomery’s inscription on the front free endpaper:

“To:
The Lord Chancellor.
I hope this tale of human endeavor will prove of interest to a distinguished member of the legal profession.
With my best wishes.
Montgomery of Alamein
Field Marshal
July, 1946.”

Earl Jowitt: Labour’s first post-war Lord Chancellor was widely respected in the legal profession for his forensic abilities. His political career, however, was marked with controversy. He defected to Labour from the Liberals in 1929 but was then expelled from Labour in 1936. He served in Churchill’s wartime coalition government as solicitor-general, becoming Lord Chancellor following the election of 1945. Following the last promotion Churchill (who had considerable personal experience of crossing the floor) said of Jowitt, “He has disgraced the name of rat!”

Condition: Spine faded. Stain to front board top right (see picture). Contents very good.

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