Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson: Volume 2

Dick Leonards Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson is a concise and informative book that surveys the lives and careers of all 24 Prime Ministers from Arthur Balfour to Boris Johnson, revealing little-known facts about their private lives and assessing their performance in office. It is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and readers of British political history.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 330 pages
\n Publication date: 23 November 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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From Arthur Balfour to Boris Johnson, Dick Leonard's Modern British Prime Ministers surveys the lives and careers of all 24 Prime Ministers in concise, informative, and entertaining chapters. The author brings to life the political achievements and personal idiosyncrasies of Britain's rulers over the 20th and 21st centuries, recounting the circumstances that led them to the pinnacle of British political life, probing their political and personal strengths and weaknesses, assessing their performance in office, and asking what lasting influence they have had. Along the way, Leonard entertains and informs, revealing little-known facts about the private lives of each of the Prime Ministers, such as which two Premiers, one Tory, one Labour, were taught by the same governess as a child? Who was thrashed at his public school for writing pornography and later donated one-fifth of his wealth to the nation? Who was awarded a fourth-class degree at Oxford and went on to father eight children? Who was described by his son as "probably the greatest natural Don Juan in the history of British politics"?

This book can also form part of a two-volume set published by Routledge, including the companion volume British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students, and readers of British political history, the Executive, government, and British politics.

\n Weight: 682g\n
Dimension: 174 x 245 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367469177\n \n