![]() ![]() Here was a man born in the governing class who devoted his life to the service of the poor who was carried off the battlefield three times in the First World War who stood shoulder to shoulder with Churchill at Britain’s darkest moment, and then triumphed over him at the general election of 1945. Title: Citizen Clem: A Biography of AttleeĪ MAJOR POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY AND A COMMENTARY ON THE LABOUR PARTY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016: THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD ‘Easily the best single-volume, cradle-to-grave life of Clement Attlee yet written’ Andrew Roberts ‘Outstanding …Bew’s achievement is not only to bring this curious and introverted man to life but to make him oddly loveable’ Robert Harris, Sunday Times The story of Clement Attlee is not only that of an extraordinary Labour leader and Britain’s greatest peacetime prime minister it can give us the true picture of Britain in the 20th century. ![]()
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