The impossible office? : The history of the British prime minister / Anthony Seldon, with Jonathan Meakin, Illias Thoms, and Tom Egerton.
| Author/creator |
Seldon, Anthony author. |
| Other author/creator | Meakin, Jonathan, author. |
| Other author/creator | Thoms, Illias, author. |
| Other author/creator | Egerton, Tom, author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | Revised and updated. |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2024 |
| Description | xvii, 549 pages ; 20 cm |
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| Contents | The 300th Anniversary Bookend Prime Ministers: Walpole and Johnson -- A Country Transformed, 1721-2024 -- The Liminal Premiership: From the Saxons to 1806 -- The Transformational Prime Ministers, 1806-2024 -- The Powers and Resources of the Prime Minister, 1721-2024 -- The Constraints on the Prime Minister, 1721-2024 -- The Eclipse of the Monarchy, 1660-2024 -- The Rise and Fall of the Foreign Secretary, 1782-2024 -- The Rise, and Rise, of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1660-2024 -- The Impossible Office? The Prime Minister by 2024. |
| Abstract | "Why has the office of Prime Minister endured longer than any other democratic political office? Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the intimate details and experiences of our PMs - including the recent churn of Johnson, Truss and Sunak - discussing who has been most effective and why"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2023053606 |
| ISBN | 9781009429771 |
| ISBN | 1009429779 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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