Books by Denis Healey
“Denis Healey is such an interesting person and he tells such nice anecdotes in the book. He was a really important figure from 1945 right through to the mid-1980s. He held a succession of major cabinet ministries, and was right at the centre of lots of the key economic and political debates at the time. This is an insider account; you’re going behind the stage and seeing what he really thought about things at the time. Obviously, he’s writing with axes to grind—but that actually makes it more entertaining, because he’s got some pretty delicious pen portraits of people he’s argued with over the years. “ Read more...
The best books on Modern British History
Andrew Hindmoor, Historian
Interviews where books by Denis Healey were recommended
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Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem
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A History of Britain, Volume III: The Fate of the Empire 1776–2000
by Simon Schama -
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The Time of My Life
by Denis Healey -
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The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War
by Paul Addison -
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Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter
by John O'Farrell
The best books on Modern British History, recommended by Andrew Hindmoor
The best books on Modern British History, recommended by Andrew Hindmoor
What will historians say about the latest period in British history? What has stayed the same, and what is vastly different from our parents’ generation? Andrew Hindmoor, professor of politics at the University of Sheffield and author of Twelve Days that Made Modern Britain, recommends books that give insights into contemporary British history.
