Madam Speaker by Paul Routledge

Madam Speaker by Paul Routledge

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Zusammenfassung

This biography traces Betty Boothroyd's humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, where she formed a desire "to change society". It also tells the inside story of winning the Speakership.

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Madam Speaker by Paul Routledge

This biography traces Betty Boothroyd's humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, where she formed a desire "to change society". It also tells the inside story of winning the Speakership.

Paul Routledge is political correspondent for the ‘Independent on Sunday’ and has covered the events in Northern Ireland since the 1960s for ‘The Times’, the ‘Observer’ and, most recently, the ‘Independent on Sunday’. He is author of two highly acclaimed political biographies, ‘Scargill: The Unauthorised Biography’ and ‘Madam Speaker: The Life of Betty Boothroyd’.

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ISBN 13 9780006383598
ISBN 10 0006383599
Titel Madam Speaker
Autor Paul Routledge
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr 1996-10-21
Seitenanzahl 288
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