Narrative Non-fiction · Hardback

British Prime Ministers 1900 to 2015

Norwegian title: Britiske statsministre 1900-2015

Britiske statsministere 1900-2015. Fra Lord Salisbury til David Cameron tells the story of all of the United Kingdom's prime ministers over the last 115 years. The book presents entertaining portraits of the lives of 22 very important politicians, and also explains both the United Kingdom's own development and the country's role in the international community. Readers are invited on an exciting and educational journey through contemporary political history.

Through 400 pages we journey from the world's largest colonial empire at the end of the 1800s via two world wars and a cold war in the 1900s up to our century's financial crisis and war against terror – all in the company of still disputed historical figures such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. The book brings forth from obscurity both the triumphs and tragedies in the lives and political careers of lesser-known prime ministers. This book will be of great interest to all readers with even a modicum of interest in history, politics or people.

Political scientist Øivind Bratberg is one of Norway's leading experts on the United Kingdom, and historian Hans Olav Lahlum is one of Norway's leading mediators of political history.

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