CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDHOOD (1863-1873) 11 II SCHOOL DAYS (1873-1877) 26 III YOUTH (1877-1881) 41 IV EARLY MANHOOD (1881-1886) 51 V MARRIAGE (1886-1888) 61 VI ENTERS PARLIAMENT (1888-1891) 75 VII FIRST SKIRMISHES (1891-1892) 88 VIII PITCHED BATTLES (1892-1899) 100 IX SOUTH AFRICA (1899-1902) 114 X FOR WALES AND FOR ENGLAND (1902-1906) 128 XI A MINISTER (1906-1908) 139 XII A GERMAN TOUR (1908) 150 XIII CIVIL STRIFES (1908-1914) 161 XIV A WAR MAN (1914-1915) 172 XV EAST OR WEST? (1915) 183 XVI SERBIA (1915) 195 XVII MUNITIONS (1915) 206 XVIII THE NEW MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS 218 XIX PREMIERSHIP (1916) 231 XX THE SAVING OF ITALY 245 XXI THE VERSAILLES COUNCIL 257 XXII VICTORY 269 XXIII THE PEACE CONFERENCE 285 XXIV THE NEW WORLD 304 XXV THE MAN 319 XXVI HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 331 XXVII THROUGH FOREIGN EYES 345 APPENDIX A PRINCIPAL DATES IN MR. LLOYD GEORGE’S LIFE 359 B THE CRISIS OF DECEMBER, 1916: THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. ASQUITH AND MR. LLOYD GEORGE 361 C THE PEACE CONFERENCE: MINUTE OF THE CRITICAL RUSSIAN DEBATE OF JANUARY, 1919 369 D THE “FOURTEEN POINTS” 378 INDEX 383 ILLUSTRATIONS