 | Salisbury: Victorian Titan by Andrew Roberts
Buy used from: £30.00 A detailed biography of the prime minister at the start of the century.
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 | Lord Salisbury: A Political Biography by David Steele
Buy used from: £22.00 More analytical than Roberts, this concentrates on Salisbury's political career.
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 | Balfour: The Last Grandee by R J Q Adams
Buy used from: £32.43 Adams' recent biography is the new starting point for the life and career of this brilliant yet disppointing figure.
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 | C. B.: Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Biography & Memoirs) by John Wilson
Buy used from: £5.00 Though dated, this is the only modern biography of this often-overlooked Liberal leader.
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| Asquith by Roy Jenkins
Buy used from: £24.95 A penetrating, insightful book and a classic of political biography.
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| David Lloyd George: A Biography by Peter Rowland
The best one-volume biography of the 'Welsh Wizard.'
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 | Lloyd George: War Leader 1916-1918 (Penguin Biography) by John Grigg
Buy used from: £23.99 The only book in Grigg's great multi-volume Life of Lloyd George to reach his years as premier.
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 | Bonar Law by R.J.Q. Adams
Buy used from: £0.25 A good biography of 'the unknown prime minister.'
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| Baldwin by Keith Middlemas
Buy used from: £24.30 A massive biography of this dominant interwar political figure. Published before the opening of Baldwin's papers, it is in need of updating.
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 | Stanley Baldwin: Conservative Leadership and National Values (British Lives) by Philip Williamson
Buy new: £49.74 / Used from: £46.96 Not a formal biography as such, it offers an excellent analysis of Baldwin's political career.
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 | Ramsay Macdonald: A Biography by David Marquand
Though a little dated, this remains the dominant study of the first Labour prime minister.
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 | Neville Chamberlain: A Biography by Robert Self
Buy new: £22.25 / Used from: £32.31 A new biography of this controversial prime minister, written by the editor of his "diary letters" to his sisters.
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 | Churchill: A Life by Martin Gilbert
Buy new: £19.00 / Used from: £8.95 A one-volume summary of Churchill's life by his official biographer.
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 | Churchill: The Unruly Giant by Norman Rose
Buy used from: £3.73 Not as overwhelmed by detail as Gilbert, Rose offers a balanced sumary of the life of this legendary prime minister.
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 | Attlee by Kenneth Harris
Buy used from: £19.00 The standard of Attlee biographies, invaluable for understanding Attlee the man..
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| Clement Attlee: A Political Biography by Trevor Burridge
Buy used from: £16.16 Another excellent biography, focusing on Attlee's political career.
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 | Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 by D.R. Thorpe
Buy used from: £15.25 Thorpe's is the second of two official biographies of Eden, one benefiting from the growing availability of archival sources.
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| Harold MacMillan: 1957-1986: Volume 2: 1957-86 v. 2 by Alistair Horne
Buy used from: £0.01 The second volume of the official biography of 'Supermac', based on his personal papers.
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| Macmillan (Profiles In Power) by J. Turner
Buy used from: £35.00 An excellent analysis of Macmillan's political career, based on the public papers.
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| Wilson: The Authorised Life by Philip Ziegler
Buy used from: £0.01 Ziegler's book is the official Life, one based on Wilson's personal papers.
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 | Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott
Buy used from: £2.86 Though lacking access to Wilson's papers, Pimlott offers an excellent examination of the political career of this dominant postwar political figure.
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| Edward Heath: A Biography by John Campbell
Buy used from: £0.01 A good defense of Heath's premiership by a first-rate political biographer.
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 | Callaghan: A Life by Kenneth O. Morgan
Buy used from: £4.59 Written by a leading historian, this is a fine study of Wilson's successor, who faced the consequences of Britian's decline.
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 | Margaret Thatcher by John Campbell
Buy new: £9.97 / Used from: £7.56 This is a condensed version of Campbell's earlier two-volume study, one that pares to the essentials while retaining Campbell's many insights.
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 | The Prime Minister: The Job and Its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
Buy new: £10.46 / Used from: £4.56 A great examination of the office and how its postwar occupants used it.
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