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by Robert Peston (Author)
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  • Paperback: 388 pages
  • Publisher: Short Books, London; New edition edition (12 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904977367
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904977360
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 278,067 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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
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2.0 out of 5 stars Brown Deserves Better, 31 Jan 2008
By koink "koink" (Australia) - See all my reviews
This is a rambling, badly organized and poorly written book.
Peston needs a good editor. The editor's first task should be to remove the brackets keys from Peston's typewriter. Then she should remove the dash key. This might help to remove the author's constant temptation to insert long, irrelevant parenthetical remarks that do little more than distract the reader.
Then she should carve up the countless long, rambling sentences and throw out all the quotations that simply repeat what Peston himself has already said.
Better still, she should include a note at the beginning of the book saying, unless you are a masochist, don't bother with this awful tome; read Anthony Seldon's "Blair Unbound" instead.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Brown's Britain.....Tony's Way, 16 April 2005
This review is from: Brown's Britain (Hardcover)
This book was a real eye opener. Being a strong conservative i wanted to read what was going on with the hype over Brown and Blair. The entire book tells the reader what all pro tories and many doubting labourites know that Blair and Brown really shouldn't be best pals.

Good read for many keen politicans. This should be renamed the handbook for backstabbers !!

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5.0 out of 5 stars incisive and important, 19 Jan 2005
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This book transcends all the recent media hype. It is actually a very serious analysis of New Labour, which looks beneath all the spin and gloss and asks what has actually been achieved since 1997. It is written by someone who clearly not only understands the politics and the economics, but also knows the personalities involved and really understands what makes them tick. Although some of the analysis of fiscal policy was at time rather complex, I found the book to be mostly very readable. An interesting, incisive and important exploration of the recent history of Britain, which poses some interesting questions about the next election and beyond.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and enjoyable analysis of Mr "Prudence with a Purpose"
Gordon Brown is portrayed here with some degree of admiration, both for what he has achieved as Chancellor since 1997 and for his undoubted and strongly-held ideological... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2006 by kingofwessex

1.0 out of 5 stars a hagiography
I read somewhere that peston's biography had been dictated by one of gordon brown's aides. True or not this book is much more a hagiography than a balanced assessment of brown's... Read more
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