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Vor 4 Tagen · As John Beckett and Michael Turner show, on the eve of the First World War, David Lloyd George was poised for political triumph with his ‘Land Campaign,’ which proposed a Ministry of Land and intensive rural development. But the war was a complete disruption, and in the four years after it ended, the market did what Lloyd George ...
Vor 3 Tagen · In 1941 Margaret Lloyd George died, and in 1943 Frances finally became Lloyd George’s wife and publicly nursed him through his final illness. He died in 1945. He died in 1945. For the 30 years, she was a widow, Frances’ greatest pleasure was still talking about David Lloyd George, explaining his ideas and helping historians in any way that she could.
- Ruth Longford
Vor 5 Tagen · An epic about the American Civil War (1861–65) and the Reconstruction era that followed, it has long been hailed for its technical and dramatic innovations but condemned for the racism inherent in the script and its positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) The Birth of a Nation.
Vor einem Tag · Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of ...
Vor 3 Tagen · All About Eve, American film, released in 1950, that delighted critics with its acid wit and that starred Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders. The movie received six Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
Vor 5 Tagen · Though he tried to make light of the matter, he badly wanted the Regius Chair of History at Oxford and never forgave those denied it him. As for Taylor's relations with the opposite sex, Sisman concluded that he was inclined to be selfish, manipulating the women in his life in the same fashion as his hero, David Lloyd George.
Vor 3 Tagen · 1. 0. Screen Actors Guild Awards (1 nomination, 0 wins) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. 1. 0. George W. Bush. Academy Awards (1 nomination, 0 wins) Best Supporting Actor.
