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A Century of Premiers

Salisbury to Blair

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  • © 2005

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  1. Dick Leonard
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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. John Major — ‘Thatcherism with a Human Face’

    • Dick Leonard
    Pages 322-341

  2. Tony Blair — Governing against his Party

    • Dick Leonard
    Pages 342-367

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 368-383
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During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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'Dick Leonard's insightful, fair-minded and marvellously readable study of the twenty British prime ministers of the twentieth century fills a glaring gap in the literature on modern British history and politics. It will be a 'must' for sixth-form and University reading lists; and no one interested in the role of the individual in politics should be without it.' - Professor David Marquand, former Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, and Biographer of Ramsay MacDonald

'A very great achievement.' - David Owen

'Immensely informative, beautifully written...both instructive and entertaining.' - Roy Hattersley

'An excellent book,' - Michael Heseltine

'A brilliantly balanced, and lasting, view.' - Clive Bradley, former Chief Executive of the Publishers Association

'Leonard has produced a reliable work, which will prove particularly useful to students of British History. We can only hope that he finds the time to finish the next two volumes as quickly as possible.' - Humanities - Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte

About the author

Dick Leonard is an historian, journalist and author and a former Labour MP. For many years he was Assistant Editor of The Economist, and headed their office in Brussels, where he was later also correspondent of The Observer. He also worked for the BBC, and contributed regularly to leading newspapers across the world. His publications include The Economist Guide to the European Union, Elections in Britain, A Century of Premiers: Salisbury to Blair; Nineteenth Century British Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery and Eighteenth Century British Premiers: Walpole to the Younger Pitt.

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