Books by Tony Benn

A collection of essays, this book chronicles the history of dissent in the British Isles, since Magna Carta. It covers such milestones as the age of revolution, industrialisation and the foundation of the Labour Party.

Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians.

In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. Published here alongside these last diaries are Tony Benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty years.

As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. Two flames have burned from the beginning of time - the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope.

When Tony Benn left Parliament after 51 years he quoted his wife Caroline's remark that now he would have 'more time for politics'.

Tony Benn's final instalment of diaries centres on a decade which saw the disintegration of Eastern Europe, an unprecedented assault on the labour movement at home, the fall of Margaret Thatcher and the tragic war in the Gulf.

Presents a record of British politics as observed both from the heart of the Cabinet and the Labour Party. This title reveals Labour's experience of Opposition after the unexpected and shattering defeat of 1970.

An account on the author's relations with the industrialists, television and press chiefs, the Palace and the diplomatic world as well as trade unionists, civil servants, and his Cabinet colleagues. It reveals the workings of our political and economic systems at the highest level. It offers a political record of the 1960s.

YEARS OF HOPE is a kind of 'prequel' to the published series of DIARIES, and will cover fully the peerage renunciation, as well as revealing his early career, touching on schooldays, RAF service during the war, early involvement with politics etc.

In 2001, Tony Benn, one of the most influential socialists in Europe, retired from the House of Commons in order to 'devote more time to politics'. He has since carried out a huge programme of public meetings in Britain and abroad and been a regular broadcaster. He also writes a weekly column in the Morning Star.

Covering the years 1940-1990, this title presents a record of political life. It includes the most notable events, arguments and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable career.

Born into a family with a strong, radical dissenting tradition in which enterprise and public service were combined, Tony Benn was taught to believe that the greatest sin in life was to waste time and money.

Tony Benn's account is a well documented, formidable and principled critique of the New Labour Project, full of drama, opinion, humour, anecdotes and sparkling pen-portraits of politicians on both sides of the political divide.