Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227411 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 575 pages

Customer Reviews

Unshrink Yourself Tarzan!!
Life in the Jungle?!? Nope. Heseltine lived his life in a 20th Century, first world, economic super power and democracy..

The fact that he thinks of it as a Jungle is worrying. That he uses such language is perhaps more revealing than the contents of the book - which is coy to say the least.

He would be advised to spend half a day reading something like "Unshrink" by Mckeown & Whiteley (which demonstrates how we can succeed with people rather than against them) ...

Then again he probably won't.

About the best thing that can be said for it is that Tebbit hated it, "It is a tragic story of obsession and vanity," in his words (Telegraph). But that is hardly reason enough to buy it or buy into it's ideas.

A factual, informative and enjoyable book
Having just read this book, I can say that it is one of the most descriptive of autobiographies that I have ever read. It gives an in-depth insight in to the various departments Michael Heseltine was in charge of starting in the Heath government (1970-74) then in opposition (1974-79) and again in government (1979-97).

It is a must read to find out what really happened in the 1980's and 90's as well as in his business and family life, information that you never knew about his life and that has never been public knowledge from not just a charismatic politician but also a truly world class statesman who was at the centre stage of political power for more than 30 years.

Save your money
This book tells you nothing about Heseltine you didn't know already. It is fundamentally flawed in that it reveals little of his character and glosses over key events in his career. There is nothing new at all in his account of the Westland affair or of his part in Thatcher's overthrow. All in all, extremely disappointing