{"product_id":"9781399411479","title":"The Wild Men : The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government -- A Waterstones Book of the Year 2024 by Torrance, David","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Torrance, David\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 January 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Continuum) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages, 8 pages of black and white images\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 25 | 312g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A century ago, a Labour government took power for the first time. Meet the 'Wild Men' who led the way...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superb' -- New Statesman 'Fascinating' -- The Sunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1923, the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wild Men - this new edition with a fully updated preface - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58225559961981,"sku":"9781399411479","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781399411479_c83b4a8b-4c64-4ba8-8176-414b42c446f8.jpg?v=1780068612","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/es\/products\/9781399411479","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}