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Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize

Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize


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Awards Winning
2017 | Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
2016 | Parliamentary Book Awards: Best Political Book by a non-Parliamentarian
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Clement Attlee was a slightly-built, bald, pipe-smoking and unassuming man who presided over the radical administration of 1945-51 and is sometimes referred to as Britain's greatest peace-time Prime Minster. His cocooned suburban childhood and standing at university as 'the man who couldn't quite' were unlikely preparations for such a figure. Attlee was often underestimated: he fooled those who compared him unfavourably to his rival, Churchill and undercut their doubt with dry wit and proof of his steady and insightful leadership. Yet his life deserves a place alongside the Churchill legend. It is difficult to think of another individual who can better tell the story of how Britain changed from the high imperialism of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee of 1887, through two world wars, the great depression, nuclear age and the Cold War, and the transition from empire into commonwealth.

This book will pierce the reticence of Attlee and explore the intellectual foundations and core beliefs of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century British history (arguably the most important); and that he remains underappreciated, rather than simply underestimated. It will reveal a public servant and patriotic socialist, who never lost sight of the national interest and whose view of humanity and belief in solidarity was grafted onto the Union Jack.

About the Author :
John Bew teaches History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King's College London. He was the winner of the 2015 Philip Leverhulme Prize for outstanding achievement in Politics and International Studies and previously held the Henry Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. John is a contributing writer at the New Statesman and the author of five books, including the critically-acclaimed Realpolitik: A History and Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War & Tyranny. He was born in Belfast, educated at Cambridge, and lives in East Finchley, London.

Review :
Wonderful . . . the sagacity, scholarship and charm make this a Life so nearly complete that it need never be written again - Times Literary Supplement, on Castlereagh

John Bew is the outstanding historian of his generation. His biography of Castlereagh displays a knowledge of character, a grasp of political intrigue and a talent for storytelling any writer would envy

The most brilliant and wise political biography I have read in a long while - Wall Street Journal, on Castlereagh

John Bew has some heavy lifting to do in this consciously revisionist take. It is a great testament to his skills as a scholar and writer that he manages to do so with such aplomb . . . Stellar - Daily Telegraph


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781780879895
  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: riverrun
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 688
  • Sub Title: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize
  • Width: 161 mm
  • ISBN-10: 178087989X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 60 mm
  • Weight: 1182 gr


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