Breaking The Code: Westminster Diaries - Hardcover

Gyles Brandreth

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9781849545907: Breaking The Code: Westminster Diaries

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849545901 ISBN 13: 9781849545907

Publisher: Biteback Publishing, 2014

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As MP for Chester and a government whip, Gyles Brandreth had a ringside seat at Westminster from the fall of Margaret Thatcher to the election of Tony Blair. His frank and often funny diaries provide an insight into the workings of modern government, profiles of the key players, and the first-ever insider's account of the secret world of the Whips' Office. This updated edition continues the story to the arrival of David Cameron as Tory leader.

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Review:

By far the best political diary of recent years; far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark's. --Peter Riddell, The Times

Brandreth is the true Samuel Pepys of our day. --Andrew Neil, BBC Radio Five Live

Brandreth, for my money, offers about the most honest, and the most amusing, account of the demented, beery futility of the Tory-ruled Commons in the 1990s. --Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph

Hilariously acute ... Irresistible. --Matthew d'Ancona, Sunday Telegraph

Extremely touching ... Brandreth emerges as a decent, amusing, talented and charming man. --Simon Heffer, Daily Mail

As a witty and insightful chronicler ... Brandreth is unsurpassed. --Michael Simmons, The Spectator

A serious contribution to history as well as funny and touching.Breaking the Code is how politics genuinely is. --The Times

As a witty and insightful chronicler ... Brandreth is unsurpassed. --Michael Simmons, The Spectator

About the Author:

A prolific author, broadcaster and public speaker, he is best known these days as a reporter on BBC1's The One Show and a regular on Radio 4's Just A Minute. On stage he has appeared as Malvolio and Lady Bracknell, and in his own musical revue in London's West End. On TV he has featured in Have I Got News For You, QI, Room 101, Countdown and This Is Your Life. His many books include two royal biographies, six Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as his detective, and, most recently, the bestselling The 7 Secrets of Happiness. He is married to writer and publisher Mich�le Brown and has three children, six grandchildren and two cats.

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