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Jennie Lee: a life

By Bevan , Jennie , Aneurin;Hollis , Patricia;Lee

Book information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2014
ISBN
9780571320912, 9780571320905, 0571320902
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3000135 bytes)
Series
Faber finds
Pages
xxiii, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1897-1960 -- Marriage;Bevan-- 1897-1960;Great Britain -- Politics and governm-- 1904-;BevanAneurinJennieMarriage;Politics and government;Statesmen's spous

Description

First published in 1999, Patricia Hollis's biography of the pioneering Labour MP Jennie Lee (1904-1988) won both the Wolfson History Prize and the Orwell Prize. It is the definitive study of this remarkable woman, her stormy political career, and her marriage to Aneurin Bevan. In a new preface to this edition Hollis adds insights into Lee's life which emerged subsequent to first publication, and also draws on her own experience as a Labour Minister from 1997-2005. 'Lee's lives and loves, passions and drives are beautifully and frankly explored in Patricia Hollis's compelling book.' THES 'Superbly researched, engrossingly written, scrupulously honest.' Gerald Kaufman, Daily Telegraph 'What makes it particularly fascinating is the author's own first-hand knowledge of politics and of the Labour movement.' TLS One of the best political biographies of recent years' Alan Watkins, New Statesman

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