John Maynard Keynes, one of the greatest economists of the present age, was also, in the words of The Times
Literary Supplement)"a master of English prose.” Essays and Sketches in Biography contain his penetrating and witty portraits of distinguished politicians and economists as well as recollections of critical political events in which he was personally involved. Among the former are biographies of Lloyd George, Robert Malthus, Sir Isaac Newton, Leon Trotsky, and Winston Churchill. Among the latter is his essay "The Council of Four, Paris, 1919" and the celebrated Two Memoirs, which is primarily autobiographical in character.