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Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee: Winner of the Orwell Prize

**WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING****WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY***Book of the year: The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Evening Standard*Clement Attlee was the Labour prime minister who presided over Britain`s radical postwar government, delivering the end of the Empire in India, the foundation of the NHS and Britain`s place in NATO. Called `a sheep in sheep`s clothing`, his reputation has long been that of an unassuming character in the shadow of Churchill. But as John Bew`s revelatory biography shows, Attlee was not only a hero of his age, but an emblem of it; and his life tells the story of how Britain changed over the twentieth century. Here, Bew pierces Attlee`s reticence to examine the intellect and beliefs of Britain`s greatest – and least appreciated – peacetime prime minister. This edition includes a new preface by the author in response to the 2017 general election.

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