Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 |
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D.R. Thorpe
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Pages: 512 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0701167440
Pub: Chatto & Windus
Pub date: 2003-03-27
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 533349
Reader Reviews:
Very Interesting (0/0 people found this helpful)
Anthony Eden by D.R.Thorpe is well-written and very interesting work. It is full of interesting facts and stories but never loses sight of its main aim. Although the author is in many ways sympathetic to Eden he does not gloss over the fact that in 1956 Eden made some quite frankly horrendous decisions over Suez. The author also however shows that there was much more to Anthony Eden than just Suez and that in fact a reappraisal is due of his whole career. All in all a very good book about a much maligned Prime Minister who it must be remembered had an almost impossible task taking over from one of the outstanding figures in British history.
Anthony Eden means more than just the Suez crisis. (4/4 people found this helpful)
This book is certainly sympathetic to Eden, who will always be associated with the Suez crisis of 1956. Thorpe describes Eden's work with Butler, Churchill, Attlee and Macmillan and his attitude to men such as Benito Mussolini and Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Although the focus of the book is foreign policy, Thorpe also stresses Eden's understanding of the British economy and his belief in a property owning democracy. Very few of the 600 pages are dull and I can recommend this book highly.
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