A Modest Little Man by Francis Beckett
May 1945. Britain celebrates victory and cheers Winston Churchill. The people who fought the war want a better, fairer world, and only Labour is offering it. But the Labour Party is led by a nonentity - a modest little man with plenty to be modest about. He says almost nothing. He sits in his grey suit and puffs his pipe. One wit remarked: An empty taxi drew up and Clement Attlee got out. How can the insignificant, passionless little Labour leader Clem Attlee possibly compete with Churchill, and bring in a social revolution?
Beckett, Francis: - Francis Beckett is an author, journalist and playwright. The best known of his 19 non-fiction books is Clem Attlee - Labour's Great Reformer, and the latest of his five plays is also about Attlee and is called A Modest Little Man. Some of the stories in this book first appeared in anthologies published by OUP and Biteback, or in the New Statesman; others are new.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914245350 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914245350 |
| Title | A Modest Little Man |
| Author | Francis Beckett |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | TSL Publications |
| Year published | 2021-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 56 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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