Roy Jenkins by John Campbell
Shortlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography Award Longlisted for the 2015 Orwell Prize Winner of the 2014 Political Book Awards Political Biography of the Year Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had.
Magnificent.. A compelling account of a remarkable life * Observer *
Campbell is simply a master of the art... This book is effortlessly superior. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
Marvellous... The highest praise I can give to John Campbell's biography is that Roy Jenkins would have been proud to have been its author. -- Alan Johnson * Guardian *
A riveting and vital contribution to an understanding of postwar British politics. -- Matthew Engel * Financial Times *
A wonderful, readable book. Jenkins himself would have been proud to have produced a masterpiece of this calibre. -- Leo McKinstry * Daily Express *
Captivating... I read every single one of the 749 pages of this long book with relish and fascination. It is a splendid tribute to one of the greatest British politicians and writers (not necessarily in that order) of the last century. -- Peter Oborne * Daily Telegraph *
Magnificent… As plump and benign as its subject. -- A N Wilson * Evening Standard *
A splendidly thorough biography. -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Campbell is an excellent biographer. He has a strong narrative grasp and knows how to use evidence. His books are not showy, but if you test their propositions, you almost always find them fair. -- Charles Moore * Daily Telegraph *
Wonderful... It is the well-rounded life of its subject that makes this book such an entertaining, as well as an instructive, read. -- Rachel Sylvester * The Times *
One of the best political biographies you could hope to read. * Sunday Times *
Campbell is simply a master of the art... This book is effortlessly superior. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
Marvellous... The highest praise I can give to John Campbell's biography is that Roy Jenkins would have been proud to have been its author. -- Alan Johnson * Guardian *
A riveting and vital contribution to an understanding of postwar British politics. -- Matthew Engel * Financial Times *
A wonderful, readable book. Jenkins himself would have been proud to have produced a masterpiece of this calibre. -- Leo McKinstry * Daily Express *
Captivating... I read every single one of the 749 pages of this long book with relish and fascination. It is a splendid tribute to one of the greatest British politicians and writers (not necessarily in that order) of the last century. -- Peter Oborne * Daily Telegraph *
Magnificent… As plump and benign as its subject. -- A N Wilson * Evening Standard *
A splendidly thorough biography. -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Campbell is an excellent biographer. He has a strong narrative grasp and knows how to use evidence. His books are not showy, but if you test their propositions, you almost always find them fair. -- Charles Moore * Daily Telegraph *
Wonderful... It is the well-rounded life of its subject that makes this book such an entertaining, as well as an instructive, read. -- Rachel Sylvester * The Times *
One of the best political biographies you could hope to read. * Sunday Times *
John Campbell is the author of many biographies including one of Edward Heath, for which he won the 1994 NCR award, The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady and, most recently, Pistols at Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown. He is married and lives in Kent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099532620 |
| ISBN 10 | 009953262X |
| Title | Roy Jenkins |
| Author | John Campbell |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize 2014 (UK), Short-listed for Costa Biography Award 2015 (UK), Short-listed for Paddy Power Political Biography of the Year 2015 (UK), Long-listed for Orwell Prize 2015 (UK) |
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