style=”flex-grow: 1″> The Not Quite Prime Ministers: Leaders of the Opposition, 1783–2020 by Nigel FletcherRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1 mbOverview: History is written by the winners, they say. And more often than not, it is written about them too. A library’s worth of books have been published chronicling the UK’s Prime Ministers – those individuals who […]
The Prime Ministers: 55 Leaders, 55 Authors, 300 Years of History by Iain DaleRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.0mbOverview: It has almost been 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole arguably became the first holder of the office of Prime Minister in 1721 – an office which today is under scrutiny like never before. The Prime Ministers, edited […]
The Lost Prime Ministers: Macdonald’s Successors Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, and Tupper by Michael HillRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3.4 MBOverview: After John A. Macdonald’s death, four Tory prime ministers — each remarkable but all little known — rose to power and fell in just five years. From 1891 to 1896, between John A. Macdonald’s and Wilfrid Laurier’s […]
Prime Ministers of the 20th Century (Images of the The National Archives) by Mark DuntonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 43 MBOverview: This book gives an overview of each of the British Prime Ministers of the 20th century, summarizing their premierships, their policies, and the key events. It is lavishly illustrated with images of documents from The National […]
The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn by Steve RichardsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 6 MBOverview: Was Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more ‘prime ministerial’ than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become prime minister if it were not for his brother Ed? Would Ed […]