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The impossible office? : the history of the British prime minister
- Title
- The impossible office? : the history of the British prime minister / Anthony Seldon ; with Jonathan Meakin and Illias Thoms.
- Author
- Seldon, Anthony
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiii, 419 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office in world history. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the lives and careers, loves and scandals, successes and failures, of all our great Prime Ministers. From Robert Walpole and William Pitt the Younger, to Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher, Seldon discusses which of our Prime Ministers have been most effective and why. He reveals the changing relationship between the Monarchy and the office of the Prime Minister in intimate detail, describing how the increasing power of the Prime Minister in becoming leader of Britain coincided with the steadily falling influence of the Monarchy. This book celebrates the humanity and frailty, work and achievement, of these 55 remarkable individuals, who averted revolution and civil war, leading the country through times of peace, crisis and war." --
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Informational works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The bookend prime ministers: Walpole and Johnson -- A country transformed, 1721-2021 -- The liminal premiership: from the Saxons to 1806 -- The transformational prime ministers, 1806-2021 -- The powers and resources of the prime minister, 1721-2021 -- The constraints on the prime minister, 1721-2021 -- The eclipse of the monarchy, 1660-2021 -- The rise and fall of the foreign secretary, 1782-2021 -- The rise, and rise, of the chancellor of the exchequer, 1660-2021 -- The impossible office? The prime minister by 2021.
- Call Number
- JN401
- ISBN
- 9781316515327
- 131651532X
- 9781009011594
- 1009011596
- LCCN
- 2021001526
- OCLC
- 1238129044
- Author
- Seldon, Anthony, author.
- Title
- The impossible office? : the history of the British prime minister / Anthony Seldon ; with Jonathan Meakin and Illias Thoms.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Meakin, Jonathan, contributor.Thoms, Illias, contributor.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781009027342
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR JN401 .S455 2021