The Benn Diaries

The Definitive Collection

Tony Benn, Ruth Winstone

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Hutchinson
15 April 2017

Biography; Autobiography: historical, political & military; Diaries, letters & journals; British & Irish history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Central government policies

This is the definitive Benn diaries. The legacy. The one Tony Benn book that all his fans must have.

Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians. The Benn Diaries, kept for almost seventy years, are a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and readable record of the political life of our times.

This single-volume edition is the selected highlights of the complete diaries from Tony's schooldays in the 1940s until he ceased keeping a record of his day-to-day thoughts in 2009.

The narrative starts with Tony as a schoolboy and takes the reader through his experience as a trainee pilot during the war, his tentative first days as a backbencher in Atlee's post-war government, through his battle to remain in the Commons after the death of his father. From cabinet posts and leadership battles, through election highs ands lows to becoming a retired widower. Tony Benn was a consistently radical voice campaigning for the causes he was passionate about.

This volume is the definitive legacy of the best political diarist of our times.

By: Tony Benn
Edited by: Ruth Winstone
Imprint: Hutchinson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 52mm
Weight: 989g
ISBN: 9781786330765
ISBN 10: 1786330768
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Radical statesman and Member of Parliament for over fifty years, Tony Benn is the pre-eminent diarist of his generation. His political activity continued after 'retirement' through mass meetings, broadcasts and in more recent years through social media. A widower since 2000, Tony Benn died at his home in London on 14th March 2014.

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