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The most personal and revealing autobiography to date of any British Prime Minister
The memoirs of the Right Honourable John Major, M. P., is the most eagerly awaited biography of the year.
John major short biography amazon
His intention in writing the book is to give as open and accurate an account of his time in office as possible; and he does not pull any punches.
Major’s early life is itself extraordinary, and the opening chapters make for compelling reading in themselves.
Thereafter he cut his political teeth in the hurly-burly of metropolitan local council politics in Lambeth, and after entering Parliament he became a Whip. His rise was meteoric; a favourite of Margaret Thatcher, he was soon to become Foreign Secretary and then rapidly Chancellor.
When Thatcher fell he fought a brilliant campaign to become her successor, and won. Soon after came the Gulf War, then Maastricht; then he won the General Election of 1992, itself a considerable achievement.
It was, of course, the events of Black Wednesday and the