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The Wild Men

- The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024
Af: David Torrance Engelsk Paperback

The Wild Men

- The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024
Af: David Torrance Engelsk Paperback
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A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

A century ago, a Labour government took power for the first time. Meet the "Wild Men" who led the way...

''Superb'' -- New Statesman
''Fascinating'' -- The Sunday Times.

In 1923, the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these ‘wild men’? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labour’s first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thomas, a Welsh railwayman; John Wheatley, an Irish-born miner and publican; and William Adamson, a Fife coal miner.

The Wild Men - this new edition with a fully updated preface - tells the story of that first Labour administration – its unexpected birth, fraught existence, and controversial downfall – through the eyes of those who found themselves in the House of Commons, running the country for the people. Blending biography and history into a compelling narrative, David Torrance reassesses the UK’s first Labour government a century after it shook up a British establishment still reeling from the War – and how the establishment eventually fought back.

This is an extraordinary period in British political history which echoes down the years to our current politics and laid the foundations for the Britain of today.

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A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

A century ago, a Labour government took power for the first time. Meet the "Wild Men" who led the way...

''Superb'' -- New Statesman
''Fascinating'' -- The Sunday Times.

In 1923, the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these ‘wild men’? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labour’s first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thomas, a Welsh railwayman; John Wheatley, an Irish-born miner and publican; and William Adamson, a Fife coal miner.

The Wild Men - this new edition with a fully updated preface - tells the story of that first Labour administration – its unexpected birth, fraught existence, and controversial downfall – through the eyes of those who found themselves in the House of Commons, running the country for the people. Blending biography and history into a compelling narrative, David Torrance reassesses the UK’s first Labour government a century after it shook up a British establishment still reeling from the War – and how the establishment eventually fought back.

This is an extraordinary period in British political history which echoes down the years to our current politics and laid the foundations for the Britain of today.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781399411479
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1399411470
Kategori: Mellemkrigstiden, 1919 til 1939
Udg. Dato: 16 jan 2025
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 16 jan 2025
Forfatter(e): David Torrance
Forfatter(e) David Torrance

Kategori Mellemkrigstiden, 1919 til 1939

ISBN-13 9781399411479

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 198mm

Højde 128mm

Udg. Dato 16 jan 2025

Oplagsdato 16 jan 2025

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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