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|title=The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax

|sort=Holy Fox: Life of Lord Halifax, The

|publisher=Head of Zeus

|date=April 2014

|website=http://www.andrew-roberts.net/

|summary=A biography of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, senior government minister and foreign secretary who was nearly appointed Prime Minister in May 1940 instead of Winston Churchill. First published in 1991, this edition contains a new author's introduction.

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Of all the British nearly-Prime Ministers Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, must be unique. He was the one who came closest to assuming the mantle only to find the job denied him, and had he done so, on him Britain’s destiny would have depended. For he was the man whom several confidently expected, and many wanted, to take over after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain during the dark days of May 1940.