Anthony Seldon is Founding Director of The Institute of Contemporary British History. His books include Churchill's Indian Summer (1981), Politics UK (co-aut, 1991), Ruling Performance: British Governments from Attlee to Thatcher (co-ed, 1987), and The Thatcher Effect (co-ed, 1989). He lives in Tonbridge, Kent.Stuart Ball is Lecturer in History at University of Leicester. He contributes to various historical journals, and is the author of Baldwin and the Conservative Party; The Crisis of 1929-1931 (1988), editor of Parliament and Politics in the Age of Bladwin and MacDonald (1992), and author of the forthcoming The Conservative Party and British Politics 1902-1951, for Longman. He lives in Leicester.

`20 essays ... of the highest quality ... scintillating'Sunday Telegraph

Anthony Seldon is Founding Director of The Institute of Contemporary British History. His books include Churchill's Indian Summer (1981), Politics UK (co-aut, 1991), Ruling Performance: British Governments from Attlee to Thatcher (co-ed, 1987), and The Thatcher Effect (co-ed, 1989). He lives in Tonbridge, Kent.Stuart Ball is Lecturer in History at University of Leicester. He contributes to various historical journals, and is the author of Baldwin and the Conservative Party; The Crisis of 1929-1931 (1988), editor of Parliament and Politics in the Age of Bladwin and MacDonald (1992), and author of the forthcoming The Conservative Party and British Politics 1902-1951, for Longman. He lives in Leicester.

`20 essays ... of the highest quality ... scintillating'Sunday Telegraph