Ben Pimlott's biography of Hugh Dalton won the Whitbread Prize, now the author turns his attention to Harold Wilson. The book combines scholarship and observations to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. He held office as Prime Minister for longer than any other Labour leader, and longer than any other premier in peacetime apart from Mrs Thatcher. His success at winning General Elections - four in all - has so far not been matched. His grasp of economic policy was better than that of any other Prime Minister, and he enjoyed a high reputation among foreign leaders. Yet, in retrospect, he seems a master tactician rather than a strategiest - and he is regarded today with more curiosity than respect, when he is not treated with contempt.

Harold Wilson

Pimlott, Ben.

Biographies & Memoirs

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

The Queen: a Biography of Queen Elizabeth II Pimlott, Ben

THE QUEEN: A Biography of Elizabeth II

wiley

'FRUSTRATE THEIR KNAVISH TRICKS: WRITINGS ON BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND POLITICS'

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

HARPER/COLLINS

Ben Pimlott's biography of Hugh Dalton won the Whitbread Prize, now the author turns his attention to Harold Wilson. The book combines scholarship and observations to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. He held office as Prime Minister for longer than any other Labour leader, and longer than any other premier in peacetime apart from Mrs Thatcher. His success at winning General Elections - four in all - has so far not been matched. His grasp of economic policy was better than that of any other Prime Minister, and he enjoyed a high reputation among foreign leaders. Yet, in retrospect, he seems a master tactician rather than a strategiest - and he is regarded today with more curiosity than respect, when he is not treated with contempt.

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

[Queen Elizabeth II.] Pimlott, Ben. The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy. Golden Jubilee Edition. First edition. London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. 16 x 24cm. (20), 780 pages, with black and white plates. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear. A fully revised edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of Queen Elizabeth II of England. Ben Pimlott (described by Andrew Marr in the Independent as 'the best writer of political biography now writing') treats the Head of State - who has been uniquely placed at the centre of the national stage since childhood - to the rigorous and objective scrutiny he has applied to major political personalities, using a wide range of new sources, including interviews, diaries and letters, and papers in the Royal Archives. The Queen looks at the social, political and psychological aspects of his subject in detail, as well as at the changing role of Monarchy in the British Constitution.

The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy, Golden Jubilee Edition

Leaders & Notable People

The Queen : Elizabeth II and the Monarchy

Harper Collins Pb

In this biography, Ben Pimlott draws on an unprecedented range of new sources - including interviews, diaries and papers in the Royal archives - to examine the social, political and psychological aspects of the Queen and her role in British life.

The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy

HarperCollins, Publishers

Hennessy, Peter

Historical

William Collins

Labour and the Left in the 1930s

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Unwin Hyman

This timely book is the first to take a close historical look at Ken Livingstone's London. Based on interviews and archival research, it investigates the development of London governance from the demise of the Greater London Council to the establishment of the Greater London Authority.

Governing London

Rao, Nirmala

Oxford University Press

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