num_pages: 670
description: A novel of ambition, about a man who rises from the most humble of beginnings in Manchester and reaches the very top in politics in the era when the Labour Party was born after a great struggle. Hamer Shawcross is a victim of his own success, and certainly one of the great characters of English literature.
language: English
title: Fame Is The Spur
titlecomplete: Fame Is The Spur
genres: Politics, Modern, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 202
publisher: Collins