Marshall Hall was a man for who a stranger, seeing him at any moment in his career, must have predicted success. The reader of this book will learn with how much adversity, both in his public and private affairs, Marshall Hall had to contend. In the early years of the 20th century, he opened up what appeared to be a promising political and legal career. he won Southport for the Unionists. He was confidently named for proximate law office. His practice had the advantage of bringing his name into public notice. Then his luck turned and he was overwhelmed by a conjunction of disasters. This book is the biographical account of his life.