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 Blair - Anthony Seldon
Newest Review: ... Blair, Seldon decided to split the book into 40 chapters, 20 of which are biographies of key individuals in Blair's life and ... more  ... 20 form the story of his entry to Parliament, his progression to the Labour leadership and then his time as Prime Minister.
I would say though that my review of this book is that this 40 chapter structure is very restrictive and makes the book a little less readable. He is forced into leaving his assessment of Gordon Brown until the last chapter, despite the importance of Brown being important much earlier on. Often the flow of the book seems interrupted by this structure, as the author flits between the narrative ...more |
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Blair - Anthony Seldon: Was Tony Blair in control of his own destiny in Number Ten? (527 words)
by - written on 21/01/08 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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I've always been a fan of books by Anthony Seldon, his coverage of contemporary British politics is always relevant and timely and the depth of his research is always impressive. In this book he states that he has conducted 600 interviews which form 90% of the content of the book. The result of his work is a very impressive biography of the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The style of the book is different to the biography he wrote of Sir John Major. Seldon state in his introduction that he changed his method of writing the book after finding that instead of writing a biography of Major the man, he had written a history of his Government. To ... Read the complete review
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