Name/TitleThe Autobiography of Margot Asquith
MakerAsquith, Margot
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHefty illustrated hardback book with red covers titled 'The Autobiography of Margot Asquith', dedicated to her husband, H.H. Asquith.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 229 x W: 150 D: 40 mm
Date Made1920
PeriodLate 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesThornton Butterworth Ltd, 62 St Martin's Lane, London W.C.2
PublisherThornton Butterworth Ltd
Publication Date1920
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Asquith:
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his death in 1928. Known for her wit, in late Victorian society she was a member of the famed aristocratic group of intellectuals called "The Souls". An opponent of women's suffrage, whose autobiography was lampooned, Lady Oxford and Asquith was a controversial yet colourful character in her time ... Asquith published her autobiography in 1920. Her writing style was not always critically accepted—the most famous review of Asquith's work came from New York wit Dorothy Parker, who wrote, "The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature". Asquith's autobiography was part of a new trend of revelatory political books written close in time to the events described, including Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians in 1918, John Maynard Keynes' The Economic Consequences of the Peace in 1919 and Lord Beaverbrook’s Politicians and the War in 1928. In 1921, humorist Barry Pain published a book called Marge Askinforit, described on the cover as "a rollicking skit on the Margot Asquith memoirs". Pain wrote in his author's note that "There was a quality in that autobiography which seemed to demand parody."[continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-112-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved