内容説明
As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to
The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair.
Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the early days of New Labour, culminating in their victory at the polls in 1997.
Volume One details the extraordinary tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as they resolved the question as to which one should stand to become Labour leader. It shows that right from the start, relations at the top were prone to enormous strain, suspicions and accusations of betrayal. Yet it also shows the political and personal bonds that tied them together, and which made them one of the most feared and respected electoral machines anywhere in the world.
A story of politics in the raw,
Prelude to Power is above all an intimate, detailed portrait of the people who have done so much to shape modern history.
著者について
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, in 1957, the son of a vet. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in modern languages, his first chosen career was journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, he asked Campbell to be his press secretary. He worked for Blair -- first in that capacity, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy -- from 1994 to 2003, since then he has been mainly engaged in writing, public speaking, working for Leukemia Research, where he is chairman of fundraising, and continuing to advise Blair, Gordon Brown and other leading Labour figures. His first novel was
All in the Mind.
