Lantern Slides: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1904-14 Violet Bonham Carter
Through these remarkable diaries and lettrs, published here for the first time, the decade before the first world war is seen from a unique ringside seat, social as well as political. As eldest daughter of H.H Asquith, liberal leader and prime Minister, and step- daughter of the inimitable Margot Asquith, Violet Bonham Carter was a privileged position.