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Biography - Prime Ministers books
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Mary Churchill Soames. By D. Giles Ltd.
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No comments about Churchill and the Great Republic.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Stephen Blake and Andrew John. By Michael O'Mara.
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1 comments about The World According to Margaret Thatcher (The World According to series).
- It is interesting to read a book about a modern political figure where it is completely obvious that the author(s) would never have voted for her in a million years. And yet you can tell that they have tried very hard to be "balanced". What you end up with is a book that relates the facts carefully but the use of adjectives leaves little question of the authors' opinion. The authors also tend to overstate the negatives so that contrary opinions held by small minorities are given equal weight to the prevailing wisdom with little indication. Occasionally they throw their act of impartiality out the window like when they name a chapter "Margaret Defends the Indefensible". That gave me a good laugh.
If you are looking for a SHORT (135 page) overview of Thatcher and her times this one isn't bad. Aside from the obvious bias, the book does suffer for its length. For example, several chapters focus on the "poll tax" and its roll in her downfall without ever actually explaining what this tax involved or why it was unpopular.
Overall it is was a quick and simple read; it gives the basic details and can serve as an aid to further reading. Other than that, it offers little.
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Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Mary Soames. By Houghton Mifflin.
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No comments about Clementine Churchill.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Raymond Callahan. By SR Books.
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No comments about Churchill: Retreat from Empire.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Jane Ridley. By Crown.
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1 comments about Young Disraeli 1804 - 1846.
- Jane Ridley really gets to grips with most of the complex and exotic early life of the great Victorian novelist, "outsider politician" and remarkable statesman who became Prime Minister of the largest empire the world has ever seen. Dizzy's critical relationships with his father and sister are fully explored (material about his mother is much harder to find). His reckless financial speculations, debt and near bankrupcy are used to explain his unlikely switch from literature to politics (MPs couldn't be imprisoned for debt). His romance and marriage to Mary Ann is given sympathetic and illuminating treatment. Jane Ridley spent several years extensively researching this book (witnessed by the hundreds of footnotes and references)but it reads well - not only a respectable academic biography but also a very good read. Disraeli himself would have been pleased.
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Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by R Parker. By Brassey's UK.
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No comments about WINSTON CHURCHILL: Studies in Statesmanship.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
By University of Wales Press.
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No comments about David Lloyd George: The Movie Mystery.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Thomas C. Amory. By Kessinger Publishing, LLC.
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No comments about The Military Services And Public Life Of Major-General John Sullivan.
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by Hugh Purcell. By Haus Publishers Ltd..
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No comments about Lloyd George (British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century) (Life&Times).
Posted in Biography (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
Written by John Grigg. By Fontana Press.
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No comments about Lloyd George: The Young Lloyd George.
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