Books: The Welsh Wizard

MY FATHER, LLOYD GEORGE (248 pp.)—Richard Lloyd George—Crown—($4).

Lloyd George, knew my father

Father knew Lloyd George

Lloyd George knew my father

Father knew Lloyd George

This haunting political anthem, whose lyrics are meant to be repeated interminably to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers, is a tribute to the blazing fame of Britain's World War I Prime Minister. To the public and the London press, he was "The Man Who Won the War," "The Welsh Wizard" and "The Prime Minister of Europe." In the hymn-singing valleys of his homeland, his prestige was greater than that of the Prince of Wales (whom...