In this, the centenary year of Union, we are proud to present this most interesting volume. Sir Patrick Duncan was the foremost English-speaking South African politician in Parliament between the wars and Maud Selborne the wife of the British High Commissioner. The very frank correspondence between them thus illuminates from the inside many of the key political issues of the day, e.g. the creation of Union in 1910, the 1922 Rand Rebellion, the Flag Crisis of 1926-28, the fusion of white political parties in 1934 to create the United Party, the 1936 Native Lands Act and the country's decision to go to war in 1939, a landmark event in which Duncan, as Governor-General, played the decisive role. The book will fascinate all those with an interest in the making and development of modern South Africa.