Blair Unbound

Peter Snowdon, Anthony Seldon

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781847394996

The first volume of Anthony Seldon's riveting and definitive life of Tony Blair was published to great acclaim in 2004. Now, as the Labour Party and the country get used to the idea of a new leader and a new Prime Minister,Seldon delivers the most complete, authoritative and compelling account yet ofthe Blair premiership. Picking up the story in dramatic fashion on 11 September 2001, Seldon recaps very briefly Blair's trajectory to what may now be regarded as the high-point of his leadership, and then brings us right up to date as Blair hands over the reins to hisarch-rival, Gordon Brown. Based on hundreds of original interviews with key insiders, many of whose views have hitherto been kept private, BLAIR UNBOUND serves both as a fascinating 'volume two' of this masterclass in political biography and a highly revealing and compelling book in its own right.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Authors
• Also by Anthony Seldon
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 9/11
• 2 Finding His Theme
• 3 Riding Two Horses
• 4 The Road to Baghdad
• 5 ‘Make or Break’ at Home
• 6 Confronting Saddam
• 7 Iraq: From Agonising to Vindication
• 8 Losing My Agenda
• 9 The Descent
• 10 The Recovery
• 11 Back in Charge
• 12 Crafting a Bold Future
• 13 General Election, 2005
• 14 Second Honeymoon
• 15 Promise Fades
• 16 Losing His Authority
• 17 Stirrings of Dissent
• 18 The September Coup
• 19 On a Knife Edge
• 20 To the Wire
• Conclusion: The Long Farewell
• Acknowledgements
• Dramatis Personae
• Note on Sources and Methodology
• Notes
• Bibliography