The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume Two: Power and the People 1997-99
Author(s): Alastair Campbell
"Power and the People" is the second of four volumes, and covers the first two years of New Labour government, beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. Volume Two details the initial challenges faced by Labour as they come to power and settle into running the country. It covers an astonishing array of events and personalities, progress and setbacks, crises and scandals, as Labour make the transition from opposition to office.
Product Information
The second volume of Campbell's riveting diaries, rejoining New Labour as they come into power.
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 when he has been mainly engaged in writing, public speaking, working for Leukaemia Research, where he is chairman of fundraising, and continuing to advise
Blair, Gordon Brown and other leading Labour figures. His first novel, All In The Mind, and an accompanying
award-winning TV documentary, Cracking Up, led to him being voted Mind Champion of the Year. A second novel, Maya, was published in 2010, as was the first volume of his diaries, Prelude to Power. His interests include running, cycling, playing the bagpipes and following the varying fortunes of Burnley Football Club.
General Fields
- :
- : Cornerstone
- : Hutchinson
- : 1.105
- : 01 February 2011
- : 240mm X 156mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alastair Campbell
- : Hardback
- : 941.086092
- : 800
- : illustrations