Trio
Subtitle: inside the Blair, Brown, Mandelson project
By: Giles Radice
Publisher: I.B. Tauris Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781848854451
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Biography
Description: "Blair: charming, charismatic and a great communicator but undermined by an unshakeable conviction that he was right. Brown: in private, warm and witty; in public, an authoritative Chancellor but a wooden and curiously un-self-confident Prime Minister. Mandelson: for Blair, supreme courtier and chief adviser; for Brown, from arch-enemy to polished political life-saver. Among the most controversial figures in Britain's recent history, these three architects of New Labour together shaped Britain - and into the first decade of the 21st century. "Trio" charts their rise to power and their undoubted achievements, both individually and collectively, alongside their quarrels, failings and failures. It offers remarkably clear-sighted portraits of three powerful men who created a new politics in Britain, making Labour electable - and then back again - in 12 turbulent years."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.