Cover of The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister

by Peter Hennessy

2000 685 pages eng

"H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister during the first World War, famously said that the job of Prime Minister "is what its holder chooses and is able to make of it." Peter Hennessy's new book uses Asquith's remark to weigh the personalities and achievements of Britain's eleven post-war premiers, showing h…

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