Political Lives by Young, Hugo ISBN 0198604300
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100 carefully selected portraits of some of the important political figures who have helped shape British political life in the 20th century, drawn from the archives of the 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Political Lives is a personal selection by editor Hugo Young of mini-biographies taken from the Dictionary of National Biography of some of the most important figures in British political life of the last century. The selection has been based not only on the subject of the biography but also on the biographer, as Hugo Young explains in his introduction, which in itself is a pleasure to read. This title, following on from the success of Brief Lives, which was first published in hardback in 1997 and later in paperback, will be published alongside two related volumes, Literary Lives and Stage and Screen Lives. Approximately 100 articles have been chosen, each written by men and women well known in the political field in their own right. They include noted civil servants as well as MPs, members of the House of Lords, and local politicians. Examples of some of the entries: Edward Heath on William Armstrong Maurice Shock on Clement Attlee J. Enoch Powell on Nigel Birch Ian Gilmour on R. A. Butler Roy Jenkins on Richard Crosland Thomas Jones on Andrew Bonar Law Michael Foot on Jennie Lee Jonathan Aitken on Selwyn Lloyd Richard Griffiths on Oswald Mosley John Cole on George Woodcock Harold Macmillan on John Wyndham This hightly readable and interesting anthology is lively and insightful and should appeal to a broad spectrum of general readers with an interest in British politics and the lives of those at Westminster and Whitehall.
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[edit] Title
Political Lives
[edit] Author
Young, Hugo
[edit] ISBN
0198604300
[edit] Published
22/11/2001
[edit] Publisher
Oxford University Press
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HARDBACK
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16.99 (GBP)
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