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Reflections : Conversations with Politicians - Peter Hennessy

Reflections

Conversations with Politicians

By: Peter Hennessy, Robert Shepherd

Hardcover | 15 October 2016 | Edition Number 1

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âThe historian,â wrote E. L. Doctorow, âwill tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.â This book sees Peter Hennessy and Robert Shepard combine both approaches with the art of the interviewer, a craft at once sensitive and probing.

Reflections collects transcripts of the best interviews from the BBC Radio 4 series Reflections with Peter Hennessy, a show on which the British political elite have spoken candidly about their careers and the moments that came to define their political lives. Supplementing the interviews are short biographies and profiles of the interviewees, allowing readers a fuller picture of each speakerâs background and professional trajectory. This revealing book includes conversations with political heavyweights such as former prime minister John Major; former foreign secretaries Margaret Beckett, David Owen, and Jack Straw; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Liberal Party leader David Steel; and chancellor of exchequer Nigel Lawson. In addition, Reflections presents interviews with leading women, including Shirley Williams and Clare Short, who spent years at the forefront of their parties in Westminster.

The latest volume in the popular Haus Curiosities series, Reflections offers valuable insights from some of todayâs most influential political figures.
Industry Reviews
"Peter Hennessy, the political historian and former Times journalist, once said that the main attraction of becoming a peer was so that he could have lunch with his 'exhibits.' His latest book, Reflections, collects conversations with those exhibits."
-- "Times (UK)"

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