Edward Heath

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<p>The son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the patrician mould of Tory leaders. He pioneered free enterprise Conservatism ahead of Thatcher. He committed Britain to Europe. With accomplishments outside politics - in music and international sailing - he is the most multi-talented Prime Minister this century. Yet his period in office, which began with such high hopes in June 1970, collapsed in chaos and humiliation after only three-and-a-half years.</p><p>In this powerful, bestselling biography, John Campbell shows us a nation undergoing a social and psychological revolution and, at its centre, a man of vision and integrity whose legacy will shape British history for decades to come.</p>

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John Campbell was born in 1947 and educated at Edinburgh University. His books include<i>Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness</i>,<i>F.E. Smith</i>,<i>Roy Jenkins</i>,<i>Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism</i>,<i>If Love Were All...: The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George</i>,<i>Pistols at Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown</i><i></i>and<i>The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher: From Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady</i>. He has also edited a number of books including<i>The Experience of World War II</i>and the series Makers of the Twentieth Century.

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