The Wild Men The Wild Men

The Wild Men

The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024

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A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024



A century ago, a Labour government took power for the first time. Meet the "Wild Men" who led the way...



'Superb' -- New Statesman

'Fascinating' -- The Sunday Times.



In 1923, five short years since the end of the First World War, and after the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote, an inconclusive election result and the prospect of a constitutional crisis opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these 'wild men'? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labour's first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thomas, a Welsh railwayman; John Wheatley, an Irish-born miner and publican; and William Adamson, a Fife coal miner.



The Wild Men tells the story of that first Labour administration – its unexpected birth, fraught existence, and controversial downfall – through the eyes of those who found themselves in the House of Commons, running the country for the people. Blending biography and history into a compelling narrative, David Torrance reassesses the UK's first Labour government a century after it shook up a British establishment still reeling from the War – and how the establishment eventually fought back.



This is an extraordinary period in British political history which echoes down the years to our current politics and laid the foundations for the Britain of today.

GENRE
Politics & Current Affairs
RELEASED
2024
18 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Bloomsbury Continuum
PROVIDER INFO
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
SIZE
3.8
MB
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