Pistols at Dawn

Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair - personal rivalry is the very stuff of politics. This book considers such pairs of rivals and shows how their antagonism, which often evolved into outright loathing, has determined the course of [...]
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Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair - personal rivalry is the very stuff of politics. This book considers such pairs of rivals and shows how their antagonism, which often evolved into outright loathing, has determined the course of political conflict.