A uniquely informed assessment of one of Britain's most influential politicians and public figures
KEY FEATURES:
* Colleagues and critics assess every facet of Jenkins' life and career
* A major contribution to the political history of modern Britain
* Contributors includes Roy Hattersley, Kenneth Baker, David Cannadine, Bill Rodgers, and Robert Harris
* Insights into the birth of the SDP and New Labour, the machinery of government and the EU
* Includes a chapter on cartoonists' treatment of Roy Jenkins
* Andrew Adonis is Roy Jenkins' authorized biographer
DESCRIPTION:
Roy Jenkins was a dominating figure in British politics across four decades, with an impact and legacy greater than many prime ministers of the period. 'Iron Chancellor', liberalizing Home Secretary, founder of the SDP, President of the European Commission, friend and mentor of Tony Blair, Chancellor of Oxford University, and acclaimed biographer, he was an object of the deepest loyalty and the fiercest antipathy.
Now twenty of the people who worked with him most closely - both colleagues and critics - assess each phase of his remarkable life. Each contributor writes from a close relationship with their subject, and with unique authority. The authors also recreate the remarkable circle of partisans and devotees, from politics and beyond, which surrounded Roy Jenkins from the mid-1960s until his death. He was at the heart of the Establishment, yet among its most effective reformers and critics; a son of the valleys who became a connoisseur of the best things in life. This book is a testament to one of the most fascinating public figures of the post-war era.
Contents:
Preface by Andrew Adonis and Keith Thomas
1 Youth by Pita Karaka and Hugh Brace
2 Balliol by Sir Ronald McIntosh
3 Bletchley by Asa Briggs
4 Backbencher by Alan Watkins
5 Birmingham by Roy Hattersley
6 A Young Home Secretary by Philip Allen
7 Chancellor by Dick Taverne
8 The Welsh Wrecker by David Marquand
9 The Home Office Again by Anthony Lester
10 A Life in Caricature by Kenneth Baker
11 President of the European Commission by Crispin Tickell
12 The European Achievement by Christopher Tugendhat
13 SDP by Bill Rodgers
14 Glasgow by Donald McFarlane
15 Back and Forth to the United States by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
16 Oxford's Chancellor by Sir Anthony Kenny
17 Writer and Biographer by David Cannadine
18 A Late Friendship by Robert Harris
19 A Biographer's Tale by Andrew Adonis
KEY FEATURES:
* Colleagues and critics assess every facet of Jenkins' life and career
* A major contribution to the political history of modern Britain
* Contributors includes Roy Hattersley, Kenneth Baker, David Cannadine, Bill Rodgers, and Robert Harris
* Insights into the birth of the SDP and New Labour, the machinery of government and the EU
* Includes a chapter on cartoonists' treatment of Roy Jenkins
* Andrew Adonis is Roy Jenkins' authorized biographer
DESCRIPTION:
Roy Jenkins was a dominating figure in British politics across four decades, with an impact and legacy greater than many prime ministers of the period. 'Iron Chancellor', liberalizing Home Secretary, founder of the SDP, President of the European Commission, friend and mentor of Tony Blair, Chancellor of Oxford University, and acclaimed biographer, he was an object of the deepest loyalty and the fiercest antipathy.
Now twenty of the people who worked with him most closely - both colleagues and critics - assess each phase of his remarkable life. Each contributor writes from a close relationship with their subject, and with unique authority. The authors also recreate the remarkable circle of partisans and devotees, from politics and beyond, which surrounded Roy Jenkins from the mid-1960s until his death. He was at the heart of the Establishment, yet among its most effective reformers and critics; a son of the valleys who became a connoisseur of the best things in life. This book is a testament to one of the most fascinating public figures of the post-war era.
Contents:
Preface by Andrew Adonis and Keith Thomas
1 Youth by Pita Karaka and Hugh Brace
2 Balliol by Sir Ronald McIntosh
3 Bletchley by Asa Briggs
4 Backbencher by Alan Watkins
5 Birmingham by Roy Hattersley
6 A Young Home Secretary by Philip Allen
7 Chancellor by Dick Taverne
8 The Welsh Wrecker by David Marquand
9 The Home Office Again by Anthony Lester
10 A Life in Caricature by Kenneth Baker
11 President of the European Commission by Crispin Tickell
12 The European Achievement by Christopher Tugendhat
13 SDP by Bill Rodgers
14 Glasgow by Donald McFarlane
15 Back and Forth to the United States by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
16 Oxford's Chancellor by Sir Anthony Kenny
17 Writer and Biographer by David Cannadine
18 A Late Friendship by Robert Harris
19 A Biographer's Tale by Andrew Adonis