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2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Andrew Hamilton, Viscount Sumner (1859-1934), one of the greatest of English judges. His trenchant rulings, characterized by deep learning, wisdom and lucidity, and delivered with rare literary distinction and wit, are cited with respect and admiration as classics of the Common Law.Sumner’s personality, assured, articulate, dominating -'an amazingly powerful person' (Harold Laski)—also marked his controversial interventions in British public life. Uniquely for a law lord, he was appointed a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference of...

This book will interest historians of the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. It reconsiders them against Keynes' verdict in The Economic Consequences of the Peace –'the Carthaginian peace of Monsieur Clemenceau'. This powerful myth influenced the generation between the wars and later. The Introduction attributes Keynes' lasting appeal chiefly to his literary brilliance and mordant portraits of Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson.Part 1 ('Peacemaking') draws on a range of sources to retrace the personalities, problems, pressures and progress of the Conference...