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The Alastair Campbell Diaries
Knopf
August 2007
On Sale: July 31, 2007
ISBN: 0307268314
EAN: 9780307268310
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A revelatory account of Tony Blair’s tumultuous leadership,
The Blair Years gathers extracts from the diaries of the man
who knew him best: Alastair Campbell—Blair’s spokesman from
1994 to 2003, his press secretary, strategist, and closest
confidant. It is a compelling chronicle of contemporary
British politics and the rise of New Labour, providing the
first important record of a remarkable decade in Britain’s
history. Here are the defining events of the time, from the Labour
Party’s new dawn to the war on terror; from the death of
Princess Diana to negotiations for peace in Northern
Ireland; from Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq to the Hutton
Inquiry of 2003, the year Campbell resigned his position.
Here also are Blair’s relationships with world leaders and
heads of state, including presidents Bill Clinton and George
W. Bush. But above all, here is Tony Blair up close and
personal, making the decisions that affected the lives of
millions, under relentless and frequently hostile pressure. Often described as the second most powerful figure in
Britain, Alastair Campbell is no stranger to controversy.
Feared and admired in equal measure, hated by some, he was
pivotal to the founding of New Labour and the sensational
election victory of 1997. Campbell spent more waking hours
alongside the prime minister than anyone, and his diaries—at
times brutally frank, often funny, always engrossing—take
the reader right to the heart of government.
The Blair Years is a story of politics in the raw, of
progress and setback, of reputations made and destroyed,
under the relentless scrutiny of a 24-hour media.
Unflinchingly told, it covers the crises and scandals, the
rows and resignations, the ups and downs at No. 10 Downing
Street. But amid the landmark events are insights and
observations that make this a remarkably human portrayal of
some of the most influential people in the world. A completely riveting book about life at the very top, told
by a man who saw it all.
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