I’m no longer officially a Westminster WAG
Scrooge-like bachelors - while his powers of social critique shine in his unflinching depictions of the city's forgotten citizens
Leonard's work is on par with Steve Coll's Private Empire and even Ida Tarbell's enduring classic The History of the Standard Oil Company
offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress
there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick
A Certain Idea of France : The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson literary I’m no longer officially aWinner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du Touquet A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly awesome reading an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesIn six weeks in the early summer