Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010

Mullin, Chris

ISBN 10: 1846683998 / ISBN 13: 9781846683992

Published by Profile Books, 2010

About this Item

Signed, 1st ed, 1st print. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Seller Inventory # 9999-9996544532

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846683998
• ISBN 13: 9781846683992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Chris Mullin's bestselling A View From the Foothills provided a riveting insider's account of life as a junior minister. Laying bare the personalities, pyrotechnics and political intrigues of the Blair years, it was described as Yes Minister meets Alan Clark.
Funny and self-deprecating, the new diaries run from his sacking by Blair as a minister after the 2005 elections to Election Day 2010 as he prepares to step down after 23 years as an MP wryly observing ' they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance.'

Praise for A View from the Foothills

'...gems sprinkled across every page...' Peter Hain

'Every once in a while, political diaries emerge that are so irreverent and insightful that they are destined to be handed out as leaving presents in offices across Whitehall for years to come. A View from the Foothills is one such book.' David Cameron, Observer Books of the Year

About the Author

Chris Mullin was elected labour MP for Sunderland South in 1987. He chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a minister in three departments. He is the author of the A View From the Foothills and Decline and Fall(Profile) and the novel A Very British Coup (Serpent's Tail)