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Johnson at 10

The Inside Story

Anthony Seldon Raymond Newell

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English
Atlantic Books
01 August 2023
A non-fiction highlight of 2023 in The Times and The Observer


After his sudden rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson presided over the most dramatic period of British history in almost a century.

From the controversial prorogation of Parliament in August 2019 to the historic landslide victory later that year, the agonising upheaval of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic (and the scandals unleashed by both ), the Afghanistan crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, Johnson's premiership was more turbulent than any other in living memory.

This gripping work of contemporary history maps Johnson's time in power across 10 decisive moments and sheds light on the most divisive and inscrutable prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.

Based on major interviews with key aides and allies, Johnson at 10 gives the first full account of Boris Johnson's explosive time in office.

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Imprint:   Atlantic Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 37mm
Weight:   794g
ISBN:   9781838958022
ISBN 10:   1838958029
Pages:   624
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1: The Making of a Prime Minister 2: Brexit 3: Election 4: Dreams 5: Covid 6: Cummings 7: Domestic 8: Global 9: Grown-ups 10: Downfall 11: Reckoning

Sir Anthony Seldon is an educator, historian, writer and commentator. A former headmaster and vice-chancellor, he's a director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chair of the National Archives Trust. He is author or editor of over forty books on contemporary history, politics and education, including The Impossible Office?, May at 10 and The Path of Peace. Raymond Newell is a contemporary historian and researcher, holding Masters degrees in Political Economy and Data Science from King's College London and the University of Oxford. Newell has previously collaborated with Anthony Seldon as co-author on May at 10, and currently works in Public Affairs and Communications at Hanbury Strategy.

Reviews for Johnson at 10: The Inside Story

Excellent.... Even those already pretty sceptical about Johnson will find this book eye opening. For their first-class account, Seldon and Newell have interviewed advisers and officials and gained a very good insight into what was going on behind the door of No 10 * Daniel Finkelstein, The Times * Jaw-dropping... shows us what goes wrong in practical terms when someone unwilling even to learn how to govern, to apply himself properly to serious work and self-improvement, becomes prime minister. * Iain Martin, The Times * Absorbing and revelatory... Authoritative and insightful... If you want to know who did what when and why, this book will tell you * Andrew Rawnsley, Observer on May at 10 * The great value of [this] book... is that it provides the layman and the historian with a treasure trove of interviews, and of insights from the heart of government * The Times on May at 10 * Extraordinarily detailed... fair yet devastating * Sunday Times on May at 10 * '[Seldon and Newell] grasp the smallest of detail, yet have a practiced eye for the bigger picture' * Daily Mail on May at 10 *


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