The impossible office? : a history of the British prime minister
Seldon, Anthony2021
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Place reservation for The impossible office? : a history of the British prime ministerMarking 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.
The impossible office? : a history of the British prime minister / Anthony Seldon.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
300 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781316515327 (hbk)
941.08
English
2484847
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