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A sparrow's flight: memoirs

01 January 1991

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A sparrow's flight: memoirs
libdoc November=1991

Author: Hailsham Lord
Publisher: Collins 1990
Keywords: Law Parliament History

"It is of course as the longest serving Lord Chancellor of this
century...that Lord Hailsham is principally known. The book
contains his reflections on the nature of that office and on what
he achieved during his tenure of it. But before that...he has
played a leading role in both Houses of Parliament, from his
election to the House of Commons in the famous Oxford by-election
of 1938 through his successive appointments as First Lord of the
Admiralty, Minister for Education, Leader of the House of Lords,
Minister for Science and Technology, and Chairman of the
Conservative Party. On all these, and on his parallel career at
the Bar, he reflects with characteristic intelligence..."
(Publishers text)

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