Political Leaders & Leadership
BIC code: JPHL
See also: General Politics
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Add to BasketBest For Britain?: The Politics And Legacy Of Gordon Brown - - Hardback
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Gordon Brown was the longest serving and most successful Chancellor in over 100 years. However, his ambition always stretched beyond the economic. Simon Lee systematically examines Brown's politics over the last ten years of Labour power, and assesses his likely impact as the new Prime Minister. -
Add to BasketBreaking The Bonds: Making Peace In Northern Ireland - - Paperback
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Writer & broadcaster Fionnuala O Connor charts Northern Ireland's path out of conflict, profiling leaders including Gerry Adams, David Trimble & John Hume, & others including the Reverend Ian Paisley, who've condemned the peace process. -
Add to BasketChasing Napoleon: Forensic Portraits - - Hardback
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Drawing upon exhaustive documentary research, Tony Scherman's paintings metaphorically chronicle the life of Napoleon using only the image of his face. -
£30.00George Younger: A Life Well Lived - - Hardback
George Younger was a senior figure in Scottish and UK public life. Written with access to letters, political papers, diaries, and family members, this title reveals the man behind the public persona and offers insights into Thatcher's leadership, Conservative attitudes to Scottish devolution and the acquisition of NatWest by RBS. -
Add to BasketGordon Brown - - Paperback
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Gordon Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer for over a decade and his influence over domestic policy has been unprecedented in British political history. Francis Beckett examines Brown's past and his record in government. -
£18.99Gordon Brown - - Hardback
Gordon Brown is one of the country's most fascinating politicians, but, despite having been Chancellor since 1997, and a challenger for the leadership before that, little is known about him as a person. Francis Beckett provides a portrait and assessment, and tells us what type of Prime Minister he will be. -
Add to BasketJFK: The Second Plot - - Paperback
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Smith presents evidence for a second plot in the JFK murder - a plot in which Oswald's role is exposed - and the unmasking of a second plot leads naturally to the first. We learn who Oswald really was, who he was working for and what his role was. -
Add to BasketJo Grimond: Towards The Sound Of Gunfire - - Hardback
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In the late 1940s and 50s, the Liberal Party seemed doomed to irrelevance. Its few MPs held their seats as a result of pacts to which Churchill turned a blind eye. This is a biography of Jo Grimond, who turned the fortunes of the Liberal Party around. -
Add to BasketJohn Smith: A Life - - Hardback
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When John Smith died in May 1994 a nation mourned for an immensely popular politician who would have gone on to become a great Labour Prime Minister. Here, Mark Stuart looks at Smith's private papers to present an authorised account of his life. -
Add to BasketLabour Party Plc: Party Of Business - - Hardback
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Tony Blair has transformed the relationship between Labour and the private sector to the point where Labour now claims to be the natural party of business. This text offers an examination of British politics in the 1990s and start of the 2000s.