Anthony Seldon (University of Buckingham)

The Impossible Office?

The History of the British Prime Minister

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Produktbeschreibung

Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book explains how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the lives and careers of our great Prime Ministers, discussing which have been most effective and why.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 151mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9781316515327
• ISBN-10: 131651532X
• Artikelnr.: 61265873

Autorenporträt

Sir Anthony Seldon is the acknowledged national authority on all matters to do with Number 10 and Prime Ministers. His first book on a Prime Minister, Churchill's Indian Summer (1981) was published forty years ago, and since then he has written or edited many books, including the definitive insider accounts of the last five Prime Ministers. He is the honorary historian at Number 10 Downing Street, chair of the National Archive Trust, and has interviewed virtually all those who have worked in Number 10 in the last 50 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Bookend Prime Ministers: Walpole and Johnson
2. A Country Transformed, 1721-2021
3. The Liminal Premiership: From the Saxons to 1806
4. The Transformational Prime Ministers, 1806-2021
5. The Powers of the Prime Minister, 1721-2021
6. The Constraints on the Prime Minister, 1721-2021
7. The Falling Power of the Monarchy, 1660-2021
8. The Rise and Fall of the Foreign Secretary, 1782-2021
9. The Rise, and Rise of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1660-2021
10. The Impossible Office: The Prime Minister by 2021.