Gordon Brown: Past, Present and Future [Paperback]

Francis Beckett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2007

What sort of a man is Gordon Brown? What kind of Prime Minister will he make? Can he stem the growing unpopularity of the Labour Party and win it a fourth term in office? This book, written in the first three months of the year in which Brown becomes Prime Minister, is both a biography and an assessment. Francis Beckett interviewed several of Brown's closest political collaborators, and had a background briefing from Brown himself. He says the popular image of Brown is entirely wrong: he found an amusing, erudite and charming man who will bring his own style to 10 Downing Street--not Tony Blair's style, but at least as stylish. He believes that a Brown premiership will mark a fundamental break with the Blair years: a new and different relationship with the USA, a broader foreign policy which is able to look beyond the Middle East, a new and more transparent way of reaching decisions. In a groundbreaking final chapter, he draws on the best evidence available to predict what Gordon Brown will do with his new job.

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About the Author

Francis Beckett s ten books include acclaimed biographies of three earlier premiers - Clement Attlee, Harold Macmillan and Tony Blair. His Clem Attlee, which has been reissued this year, is now the standard work on this most radical of all Labour's premiers. Beckett was also the commissioning editor of Haus Publishing s critically acclaimed series The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century published in October 2006.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Haus Publishers Ltd. (July 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905791143
• ISBN-13: 978-1905791149
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,159,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)