Andrew Neil, BBC2's Daily Politics, April 6 2005
The definitive biography of the Chancellor
Sir Howard Davies, Director of the London School of Economics, in Management Today, March 2005
This is a book of unusual political significance
Roy Hattersley, the Observer, January 23 2005
Peston has written a book which everyone interested in serious politics - the politics of ideas - should read
Guardian, January 10 2005
Brown’s Britain by Robert Peston may be taken as an authoritative explanation of Brown’s quarrel with the prime minister
Anthony Howard, Sunday Telegraph, January 23 2005
Of the various biographies already published of the Chancellor this is easily the most revealing
Anthony Howard, Sunday Telegraph, January 23, 2005
Of the various biographies already published of the Chancellor this is easily the most revealing
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Synopsis
In Brown's Britain, award-winning journalist Robert Peston explains for the first time the REAL nature of the relationship between Blair and Brown. With the ease of a born storyteller, he gives the first truly authoritative account of the extraordinary deal they did back in 1994, the subsequent collapse of trust between them, and the growing crisis as they almost came to blows in the run-up to the 2005 election. This book, for which Peston was granted unprecedented access to the Chancellor and his friends and colleagues, draws back the veil on the brooding man who has been Britain's longest serving and arguably most powerful Chancellor in more than 100 years. Filled with telling quotes and unexpected insights, it takes you right to the heart of the secret power games that go on behind the gates of Downing Street, and looks ahead at what Brown would do if he were to become Prime Minister in name as well as deed.
