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Part of the Prime Ministers Series, Callaghan was the Labour Prime Minister who was defeated by Thatcher
Alec Douglas-Home was an aristocrat who disclaimed his peerage to become Prime Minister in 1963.
Fatherly friend to JFK he repaired the rift between the USA and Britain created by the Suez crisis.
Asquith's administration laid the foundation of Britain's welfare state, but he was plunged into a major power struggle with the House of Lords. Asquith was Prime Minister on the outbreak of World War I, but his government fell in 1916 as a result of the 'Shells Scandal'.
A biography of the intriguing life of the unknown Liberal British Prime Minister.
A biography of the first Prime Minister of the 20th Century during the height of the British Empire.
Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is best known for taking Britain into the European Union.
A biography that provides the historical background to the various Shakespeare plays and sets his life in the context of his times.
Southeast Asia needs to be dealt with as a whole, because, although the one national delegation from the region (Siam) took a minor part, nationalist movements in several Southeast Asian countries reached an early climax significant though inconclusive in the years 1919-1920. This book focuses on developments around 1919.
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) always stood in the shadow of her lover and teacher, Jean-Paul Sartre, despite the fact that she was a brilliant writer and philosopher in her own right. Her monumental study "The Second Sex" made her a cult figure of the Feminist movement.
Radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club from 1927 onwards brought national recognition to Duke Ellington and his band; recordings of his compositions - particularly Saddest Tale, Echoes of Harlem, Black and Tan Fantasy, and Mood Indigo - spread their fame internationally.
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