The Survivor: Tony Blair in War and Peace Book

An investigative "warts-and-all" biography of Britain?s Prime Minister, nominated for Britain?s Channel 4 Political Book of the Year Award.Tony Blair has it all: power, success, flair, an adoring family, and a face for every occasion. Admired in the US, grudgingly respected in the EU, Blair seems to bounce back from any crisis or scandal with aplomb. Having re-branded the Labour Party, he took Britain into a war in Iraq, provoking hostility both at home and abroad; yet he sailed through to win an historic third term in office. Is it skill, cunning, or just good luck that he has since bagged the Olympics for London and steadied the country after the 2005 London bombings? Biographer Francis Beckett and GUARDIAN correspondent David Hencke have produced the most revealing portrait yet of a man whose enormous charm conceals a driving ambition, an almost messianic conviction that he is right, and, above all, a remarkable ability to survive.Read More