Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Senecans : Four Men and Margaret Thatcher, Paperback / softback Book

The Senecans : Four Men and Margaret Thatcher Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Item not Available

Description

A year after the death of Margaret Thatcher, a young woman arrives to ask Peter Stothard, former Editor of The Times, some sharp questions about his memories of the Thatcher era.

During her interview the offices from where he has long observed British politics are being flattened by wrecking balls.

Forgotten storiesreturn. From the destruction of a collapsing newspaper plant emerge portraits of `the Senecans': a Hollywood screenwriter who wrote Thatcher's speeches, a socialite former socialist who comforted her with flattery, a comic political columnist whom she admired but rarely read and a multi-millionaire film-producer whom she consulted but never acknowledged.

The Senecans took their name from their taste for the work of Seneca, a philosopher, courtier and acquirer of massive wealth during the age of Emperor Nero.

Blending memoir with ancient and modern politics in the manner of his acclaimed diaries On the Spartacus Road and Alexandria, Stothard sheds a sideways light on recent history.

In finally identifying his interviewer he answers questions about his own literary and political journey.

Information

£9.99

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information