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Westminster Diary: A Reluctant Minister under Tony Blair
by Donoughue, Bernard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 1784536504
- ISBN 13
- 9781784536503
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 2016.* Pub: I.B.Taurus.* Binding and cover condition: Mid grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and none to face. No bumps or rubs, no marks or other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing the Thames and the Houses Of Parliament. Not Price clipped showing but showing no shelf price. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (grey). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. No marks to edges. FINE* Illustrations: One 16pp. block of b/w photos.* Pages: 323 pp. text. xxiv pp. index, advetisement & blank pages at rear.* Description: On 2nd May 1997, Tony Blair swept into Downing Street, ending almost twenty years of Conservative government and beginning a decade as Prime Minister. Bernard Donoughue, a Labour peer in the House of Lords, chronicled the path to this momentous election victory in his diaries and this volume sheds new light on the process of forming government and on life working as a minister in the House of Lords. Featuring a cast of high-profile political characters, this book is a must-read for fans of political diaries and anyone with an interest in the inside workings of Westminster. It is acknowledged that Donoughue was a source for the popular TV comedy series "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister."* A FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with NO VISIBLE FAULTS. FINE dust jacket in clear un-attached protective wrapper.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9148
- Title
- Westminster Diary: A Reluctant Minister under Tony Blair
- Author
- Donoughue, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1784536504
- ISBN 13
- 9781784536503
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 347
- Date Published
- 2016-05-30
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