The Prime Minister
The Office And Its Holders Since 1945
$57.21
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2001
Summary
In this major study, Peter Hennessy explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, he has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence and patronage surrounding the office. From recently declassified archival material he reconstructs, often for the first time, precise prime ministerial attitudes toward…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140283938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140283935 |
| Author: | Peter Hennessy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 542g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 44mm |
About The Author
Peter Hennessy
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Among many other books, he is the author of WHITEHALL (‘Much the best book on the British civil service ever to appear’, Anthony King, Economist) and NEVER AGAIN- BRITAIN 1945-1951, which in 1993 won the NCR Award for Non-Fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize.
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