This book was shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography Award. It is long listed for the 2015 Orwell Prize. It is the winner of the 2014 Political Book Awards Political Biography of the Year. Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britai[...]

A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there [...]

Roy Jenkins broughtgreat talent to Europe's top job. He played a key role in re-launching Europeanmonetary integration, winning the right to attend the new global summits, and smoothingGreece's path to EC membership. But he fell short of other targets. Commissionreform remained elusive, as did an im[...]

This is the first biography of Stanley Baldwin for more than ten years, although there had been four in the preceding decade. This is strange, for Baldwin has recently begun to swim back into fashion. In part this is a function of growing nostalgia for his period of power, the 1920s and 1930s. Still[...]

Winston Churchill er et ikon i nyere historie. I denne kritikerroste biografien analyserer Roy Jenkins Churchills usedvanlige personlighet og alle hans sterke og svake sider. Ved å bruke sin egen erfaring fra britisk politikk og sine imponerende kunnskaper om Storbritannias politiske historie bely[...]