John Major : The Autobiography

John Major : The Autobiography

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999

The best memoir by a senior politician for years. Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times

John Majors autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister. The account of his childhood, rise and fall is candid, scrupulous and unsparing.

Majors early life was extraordinary; his rise through Parliament meteoric. Soon a favourite of Margaret Thatcher, he became Foreign Secretary and then Chancellor of the Exchequer. When Thatcher fell, he fought and won a shrewd campaign to succeed her, and went on to win a remarkable general election victory in 1992. He brought down inflation and ushered in a solid economic recovery, yet within months of the 1992 election, his government was in troubled waters. John Major is candid about his fight to keep sterling in the ERM and his reactions to Black Wednesday. He is frank about the civil war within his party over Britains relationship with the EU. He is honest about what he won and what he lost, about friends and foes within his party as well as outside.

Binding: Hard cover with dust jacket. Not price-clipped.

Book Condition: Good. 

First Editions: Harper Collins 1999

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