First Lady - Hardcover

Dobbs, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0755326830 ISBN 13: 9780755326839

Publisher: Headline, 2006

Synopsis

Michael Dobbs returns to the subject that made him a household name – the high drama and scandal of the political world. This is HOUSE OF CARDS for the 21st century, an insider’s view of the dynamics of power by a writer who has had a privileged seat at the court of government for many, many years.

This time the king maker is a woman, Virginia Edge, mid-thirties, attractive, self-sufficient, ambitious. This is the story of her transformation from dutiful political wife to masterful manipulator of the entire political process at Westminster. She is a woman who is driven by the failings of men and the greed of others to take over their system and undermine it, to repay them in kind. In this battle she has two great allies – the intuition and determination of a wronged wife, and the blind ineptitude of Westminster men.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Dobbs has been a senior adviser to both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, a Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, a regular presenter of BBC TV’s Despatch Box and a columnist for The Mail on Sunday. His books include the best-selling HOUSE OF CARDS trilogy that became a hugely popular TV series to his recent brilliant series of historical novels about the life of Winston Churchill.

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0755326830
• ISBN 13: 9780755326839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384