The Five Giants by Nicholas Timmins
An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State now fully revised to cover Blairs first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy.‘A splendid book – knowledgeable, readable and fair’ Sunday Telegraph
‘A tour de force – thoroughly researched and vividly written…a masterpiece.’ Sunday Times
‘Extraordinarily comprehensive without ever being incomprehensible.’ Roy Hattersley, Independent
Nicholas Timmins has been Public Policy Editor of the Financial Times since 1996. Before that he was with the Independent for a decade from its foundation., working variously as its health and social services correspondent , politcal correspondent and its public policy editor. He previously held similar posts at The Times. He has also worked for the Press Association and Nature. He has therefore been reporting on the events covered in this, his first book, for twenty years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007102648 |
| ISBN 10 | 000710264X |
| Title | The Five Giants |
| Author | Nicholas Timmins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-07-16 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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