Gimson's Prime Ministers

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA concise, sharp-witted and illuminating account of the lives of Britain's prime ministers from Walpole to May, illustrated by Martin Rowson.For the reader who has heard of such giants as Gladstone and Disraeli, and has drunk in a pub called the Palmerston, but has only the haziest idea of who these people were, Gimson's Prime Ministers offers a short account of them all which can be read for pleasure, and not just for edification. With Gimson's wonderful prose once again complemented by Martin Rowson's inimitable illustrations, this lively and entertaining aide-memoire and work of satirical genius brings our parliamentary history to life as never before.PRAISE FOR GIMSON'S PRIME MINISTERS:'Learned witty and wise, and splendidly illustrated' Tibor Fischer'Hugely enjoyable' Tom HollandGimson's Kings and Queens is also available.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Gimson, Gimson Andrew
• Con la collaborazione di: Martin Rowson (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Square Peg
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• Categoria: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781910931431
• ISBN: 978-1-910931-43-1
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14.4 x 22.2 x 3 cm
• Categorie: Illustration, Satire, England, British, Politics, Theresa May, United Kingdom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Nigel Farage, Private Eye, Politics & government, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, Gordon Brown, Political leaders and leadership, history books, the sunday times books, British History, Prime Ministers, funny gifts, history books for adults, non fiction books, non fiction books for adults, history of britain, political biographies, books by boris johnson, best history books, history books for adults bestsellers, royal biographies, jeremy hunt, david clegg, rees mogg, rod liddle the great betrayal, comedy gifts, fintan otoole, boris johnson biography