Peter Rowland, a one-time local government officer, is a well-known historian and biographer and occasional writer of fiction. More information will be found on www.peter.rowland.org.uk . Some reactions to Lloyd George (1975) Competent and complete. - The Times The best biography we have. - The Economist Has far surpassed earlier biographers...comprehensive, scholarly and readable. - Irish Independent An outsize account of an outsize figure. - The New Yorker A narrative style that scarcely ever limps. There is great energy and purpose with Mr Rowland as our guide. - The Political Quarterly Not a word of it is dull. - Oxford Mail A great improvement on its predecessors...A substantial work of political biography. - A.J.P. Taylor, The Observer Well written and workmanlike - the result of massive research. - Lord Boothby, Books and Bookmen It will be a long while before it is replaced. - Robert Blake, The Sunday Times