Title:
The Third Man
Genre:
Crime
Fiction
Literature
Mystery
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Binding:
Paperback
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Chapters:
12
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:51:39
Synopsis:
Peter Mandelson has been called many things during his three decades at the top of British politics: the Prince of Darkness, the Sultan of Spin, Labours Machiavelli, the Rock of New Labour. He has also gained a reputation for being trenchantly observant, wry, and never afraid to say exactly what he thinks. It is these qualities that he brings to this searingly honest story of his life as The Third Man in the most compelling political drama of modern times.
Mandelson has Labour blood in his veins, and from a young age he dedicated his political career to bringing the party back into government. In the mid-1980s he helped to remake Labours image, packing away the red flag in favour of the red rose, and becoming Britains original, and most controversial, spin-doctor. It was at this time that he first came into contact with Labours two rising stars - Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - and soon the three modernisers were inseparable.
Torn between Brown and Blair in their battle for Labours leadership in 1994, he chose to back Blair once Browns prospects seemed doomed. This decision led to a titanic, 15-year battle between the three founding architects of New Labour, with Mandelson frequently caught in the crossfire. It was made a the more gripping, and painful, by the fact that the deep bond that joined the three of them always somehow survived.
In 1997 Mandelson led the team that masterminded New Labours victorious election campaign. He was twice a member of Blairs cabinet, and twice forced to resign in highly charged circumstances, before moving to Brussels as EU Trade Commissioner and reinventing himself as a political force on the international stage. Then, astonishingly, he was summoned back into cabinet for a third time, in an attempt to turn around the plummeting political fortunes of Gordon Brown - a remarkable twist in an already extraordinary political career.
Much has been written about the man at the heart of New Labour. Now we hear the unvarnished truth from the man himself.
Mandelson has Labour blood in his veins, and from a young age he dedicated his political career to bringing the party back into government. In the mid-1980s he helped to remake Labours image, packing away the red flag in favour of the red rose, and becoming Britains original, and most controversial, spin-doctor. It was at this time that he first came into contact with Labours two rising stars - Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - and soon the three modernisers were inseparable.
Torn between Brown and Blair in their battle for Labours leadership in 1994, he chose to back Blair once Browns prospects seemed doomed. This decision led to a titanic, 15-year battle between the three founding architects of New Labour, with Mandelson frequently caught in the crossfire. It was made a the more gripping, and painful, by the fact that the deep bond that joined the three of them always somehow survived.
In 1997 Mandelson led the team that masterminded New Labours victorious election campaign. He was twice a member of Blairs cabinet, and twice forced to resign in highly charged circumstances, before moving to Brussels as EU Trade Commissioner and reinventing himself as a political force on the international stage. Then, astonishingly, he was summoned back into cabinet for a third time, in an attempt to turn around the plummeting political fortunes of Gordon Brown - a remarkable twist in an already extraordinary political career.
Much has been written about the man at the heart of New Labour. Now we hear the unvarnished truth from the man himself.
Author:
Greene
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Publisher:
Penguin Classic
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:51:39
