The Impossible Office?
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The Impossible Office?

The History of the British Prime Minister

Anthony Seldon, Jonathan Meakin,Illias Thoms

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The Impossible Office?

The History of the British Prime Minister

Anthony Seldon, Jonathan Meakin,Illias Thoms

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About This Book

Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office in world history. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the lives and careers, loves and scandals, successes and failures, of all our great Prime Ministers. From Robert Walpole and William Pitt the Younger, to Clement Attlee and Margaret Thatcher, Seldon discusses which of our Prime Ministers have been most effective and why. He reveals the changing relationship between the Monarchy and the office of the Prime Minister in intimate detail, describing how the increasing power of the Prime Minister in becoming leader of Britain coincided with the steadily falling influence of the Monarchy. This book celebrates the humanity and frailty, work and achievement, of these 55 remarkable individuals, who averted revolution and civil war, leading the country through times of peace, crisis and war.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781009027342
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
American Government
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 The Bookend Prime Ministers: Walpole and Johnson
  10. Chapter 2 A Country Transformed, 1721–2021
  11. Chapter 3 The Liminal Premiership: From the Saxons to 1806
  12. Chapter 4 The Transformational Prime Ministers, 1806–2021
  13. Chapter 5 The Powers and Resources of the Prime Minister, 1721–2021
  14. Chapter 6 The Constraints on the Prime Minister, 1721–2021
  15. Chapter 7 The Eclipse of the Monarchy, 1660–2021
  16. Chapter 8 The Rise and Fall of the Foreign Secretary, 1782–2021
  17. Chapter 9 The Rise, and Rise, of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1660–2021
  18. Chapter 10 The Impossible Office?: The Prime Minister by 2021
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Seldon, A. (2021). The Impossible Office? ([edition unavailable]). Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2957629/the-impossible-office-the-history-of-the-british-prime-minister-pdf (Original work published 2021)

Chicago Citation

Seldon, Anthony. (2021) 2021. The Impossible Office? [Edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2957629/the-impossible-office-the-history-of-the-british-prime-minister-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Seldon, A. (2021) The Impossible Office? [edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2957629/the-impossible-office-the-history-of-the-british-prime-minister-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Seldon, Anthony. The Impossible Office? [edition unavailable]. Cambridge University Press, 2021. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.