Curzon Author:David Gilmour Few statesmen have led such colourful and controversial lives as George Nathaniel Curzon. Brilliant, tempestuous and - in the words of the notorious rhyme - superior, his career was an almost unparalleled blend of triumph and disappointment. Queen Victoria's last Viceroy of India, his term of office ended in dramatic resignation. And despite his... more » later successes as Foreign Secretary, George V thwarted his ambition to become Prime Minister. David Gilmour presents a portrait of this complex figure, whose personal life was marked by equivalent vicissitudes of fortune.« less