Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan (Signed and Inscribed)

Thorpe, D R

ISBN 10: 0701177489 / ISBN 13: 9780701177485

Published by Chatto and Windus, London, UK, 2010

About this Item

First edition, third printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, 'D R Thorpe To Hugh with best wishes, September 2010'. xvi, 890pp, plus sections of monochrome plate illustrations. In grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Deep green endpapers. 8vo. . Hint of toning on text block edges, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket, a little bumped at spine tips. A monumental biography, the culmination of 35 years of research, of the Tory rebel who rose to led the party through the era of the Suez Crisis, the Cossack Repatriation, the Winds of Change, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Profumo Affair.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan (Signed and Inscribed)
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London, UK
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701177489
• ISBN 13: 9780701177485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography and Biography
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

Packed with new revelations about Macmillan's private life as well as key events including the Tolstoy controversy, the Suez Crisis, You've Never Had It So Good, the Winds of Change, and the Profumo Scandal

 

The culmination of 35 years of research by a respected historian, this magisterial biography provides an unforgettable portrait of a turbulent age. Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) was complex as a person and influential as a politician. Marked by terrible experiences in the trenches in World War I and by his work as an MP during the Depression, he was a Tory rebel—an outspoken backbencher, opposing the economic policies of the 1930s and the appeasement policies of his own government. Churchill gave him responsibility during World War II with executive command as "Viceroy of the Mediterrranean." After the war, in opposition, Macmillan overhauled the Conservatives on progressive and radical lines; after 1951, in government, he served as Minister of Housing, Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He became Prime Minister after the Suez Crisis, and between 1957 and 1963 presided over Great Britain's transition from the age of austerity to that of affluence. He also proved himself one of the great publishers of his generation.

About the Author

D. R. Thorpe's work on the constitutional history and politics of the 20th century has made him one of Britain's most respected historians. He has written biographies of Alec Douglas-Home, Anthony Eden, Selwyn Lloyd, Austen Chamberlain, Lord Curzon, and Lord Butler.