John Major: The Autobiography

ISBN-13: 9780006530749 / Angielski

John Major

Opis

Major's early life was extraordinary; his rise through Parliament meteoric. Soon a favourite of Margaret Thatcher, he became Foreign Secretary and then Chancellor of the Exchequer. When Thatcher fell, he fought and won a shrewd campaign to succeed her.

Recenzje

'Compelling...a classic of holding the reader's attention which many fiction writers might envy.' Roy Jenkins, Evening Standard

'Unsparing...vivid...witty as well as wise.' Geoffrey Howe, Independent

'One of the few post-war political autobiographies that will endure...compulsively readable and remarkably objective...deeply moving.' Bruce Anderson, Daily Telegraph

O autorze

Born in 1943, John Major was a member of Lambeth Borough Council 1968-71, then entered Parliament in 1979; he was PPS to Ministers of State at the Home Office 1981-83, an assistant Govt Whip 1983-4, a Govt Whip 1984-5, Minister for Social Security 1986-7, Chief Sec. to HM Treasury 1987-9; Foreign Secretary 1989, Chancellor 1989-90, and Prime Minister 1990-97.