Edward Heath: A Biography

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The son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the patrician mould of Tory leaders. He pioneered free enterprise Conservatism ahead of Thatcher. He committed Britain to Europe. With accomplishments outside politics - in music and international sailing - he is the most multi-talented Prime Minister this century. Yet his period in office, which began with such high hopes in June 1970, collapsed in chaos and humiliation after only three-and-a-half years. In this powerful, bestselling biography, John Campbell shows us a nation undergoing a social and psychological revolution and, at its centre, a man of vision and integrity whose legacy will shape British history for decades to come.

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It holds the reader from the first page to the last. That - plus the beating of a long-needed historical path through the thickets of the early 1970s - makes it a truly special contribution to contemporary history. -- Peter Hennessy * The Times Educational Supplement *
I do not believe a better biography of Ted Heath will ever be written... We feel we know him. -- Matthew Parris * The Times Literary Supplement *
An outstanding book - over 800 pages and not a word wasted. -- John Bruton * Irish Independent *
Judicious, generous and finely written. -- Ben Pimlott * Independent on Sunday *
John Campbell's massive and highly impressive biography takes us a long way towards understanding this ambiguous but powerful figure [who has] shaped our affairs fundamentally over the past 30 years. -- Kenneth O. Morgan * New Statesman & Society *

Author Bio

John Campbell was born in 1947 and educated at Edinburgh University. His books include Lloyd George- The Goat in the Wilderness, F.E. Smith, Roy Jenkins, Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism, If Love Were All...- The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George, Pistols at Dawn- Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown and The Iron Lady- Margaret Thatcher- From Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady. He has also edited a number of books including The Experience of World War II and the series 'Makers of the Twentieth Century'.