2938 The Unknown Prime Minister: The Life and Times of Andrew Bonar Law 1858-1923, by Robert Blake (read 25 Dec 1996) This is an excellent book on its subject, who was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on 16 Sept 1858, went to Scotland at age 12, went to Glasgow High School till he was 16, then was in the iron business where he, with the aid of inheritance, became rich, went to Parliament in 1900, became head of the Conservative Party in 1911, was in the coalition governments in 1915 and 1916, and became Prime Minister in 1922, resigned after 209 days, and died of throat cancer Oct 30, 1923. The book deals with super-interesting things. I am always amazed by how much more subtle and sophisticated British politics and parliamentary happenings seem as compared to their U.S. counterparts. I found the account of the years 1911 to 1923 super-absorbing. There is very little about military events during the war, though Law lost two sons in the war. He was a good man and I think he did a good job, even though he was no great intellect. ( )