num_pages: 650
description: This new edition looks at the miner who rose to become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government; influential trade unionist during the General Strike and creator of the Transport and General Workers' Union; Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition government and creator of the "Bevin Boys", young men conscripted to work down the pits - Ernest Bevin is one of the true giants of 20th-century political history.
language: English
title: Ernest Bevin: A Biography
titlecomplete: Ernest Bevin: A Biography
characters: Ernest Bevin
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Politicos