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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." [11] Asquith was known for her outspokenness and acerbic wit.
In January 1915 Venetia commenced three months nurse training as a paying probationer at The London Hospital, Whitechapel under matron Eva Luckes. [1] [2] After her training Venetia signed up as a VAD nurse with the British Red Cross Society and served both overseas at No 4 Red Cross Hospital, in Wimereux, France in 1915, and at home in Charing Cross and Rutland Hospitals in 1916.
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Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969), known until her marriage as Violet Asquith, was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith , Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and she was known as Lady Violet, a courtesy title , after her father's elevation to the ...
The third book deals with events after Cnut's death: Emma's troubles during the reign of Harold Harefoot, and the accession of her sons, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor, to the throne. According to the medievalist Eleanor Parker , "The Encomium reveals an active and forceful woman participating in the writing of history, reshaping the story ...
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This Mortal Coil is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Cynthia Asquith. It was released in 1947 and was the only collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House .