Twelve Cities

Informationen zum Autor Roy Jenkins was the author of many books, including Churchill and Gladstone , which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Active in British politics for half a century, he entered the House of Commons in 1948 and subsequently served as Minister of Aviation, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer; he was also the President of the European Commission and Chancellor of Oxford University. In 1987 he took his seat in the House of Lords. He died in January 2003. In addition to his extraordinary political career he was a highly acclaimed historian and biographer. Among his many works, Gladstone and Churchill are regarded as his masterpieces. Klappentext 'A mosaic of places, incidents and anecdotes, and of amiable digressions' - George Walden, Sunday Telegraph'A mosaic of places, incidents and anecdotes, and of amiable digressions' - George Walden, Sunday Telegraph Zusammenfassung A mosaic of places, incidents and anecdotes, and of amiable digressions' - George Walden, Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Roy Jenkins
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2004
• EAN: 9780330493338
• ISBN: 978-0-330-49333-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, History: specific events & topics, European History, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Memoirs, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History: specific events and topics, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Urban communities, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs