Max Hastings is the author of more than thirty books, including Inferno and The Secret War. Knighted in 2002 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He lives in West Berkshire, England. Simon Jenkins is the political editor of the Economist.

"Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign."

Max Hastings is the author of more than thirty books, including Inferno and The Secret War. Knighted in 2002 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He lives in West Berkshire, England. Simon Jenkins is the political editor of the Economist.

"Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign."

Max Hastings is the author of more than thirty books, including Inferno and The Secret War. Knighted in 2002 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He lives in West Berkshire, England. Simon Jenkins is the political editor of the Economist.

"Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign."