Edward Heath
by Philip Ziegler
“Edward Heath became prime minister in 1970, after somewhat unexpectedly winning the general election of that year.”
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“I worked for Ted Heath for nearly eight years so I knew him well and I admired him and I liked him, so that is why I selected this book. I also know Philip Ziegler quite well, so I was interested to see what he made of Ted Heath who really isn’t an easy subject, because he has the reputation of being bad-tempered and churlish. But there was another side to him that doesn’t usually come out and I think Philip has brought that out quite successfully.” Read more...
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