Alastair Campbell

Broschiertes Buch

The Blair Years

Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries

Beschreibung

The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.

Autor

Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1957, the son of a vet. After graduating from Cambridge University in modern languages, his first chosen career was journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, he asked Campbell to be his press secretary. He worked for Blair - first in that capacity, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy - from 1994 to 2003, since when he has been engaged mainly in writing, public speaking and working for Leukaemia Research, where he is chairman of fundraising. He has continued to act as an advisor to Mr Blair and the Labour Party, including during the 2005 election campaign. He lives in North London with his partner of 26 years, Fiona Millar. They have three children Rory, 20, Calum, 18, and Grace, 14. His interests include running, triathlon, bagpipes and Burnley Football Club. His novel All in the Mind is due to be published in November 2008.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arrow Books / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 602005
• Seitenzahl: 832
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 132mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780099514756
• ISBN-10: 0099514753
• Artikelnr.: 23150195

Rezensionen

This is a gripping, compelling and genuinely revelatory read Rod Liddle, Sunday Times