Roland Quinault is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. He received his MA and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a scholar at Magdalen College and a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College. He has been Honorary Secretary of the Royal Historical Society and Reader in History at London Metropolitan University. In 2010-11 he is the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. He has written numerous studies of British political leaders from the Victorian era to the present day.

The erudition on display and Quinault's playful ability to allow his subjects to condemn themselves with their own words, are reminiscent of the work of Ben Pimlott, especially his excellent political character sketches.

• Introduction \ 1. Disraeli \ 2. Gladstone \ 3. Salisbury \ 4. Lloyd George \ 5. MacDonald \ 6. Baldwin \ 7. Churchill \ 8. Attlee \ 9. Thatcher \ 10. Blair \ Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index

Roland Quinault is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. He received his MA and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a scholar at Magdalen College and a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College. He has been Honorary Secretary of the Royal Historical Society and Reader in History at London Metropolitan University. In 2010-11 he is the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. He has written numerous studies of British political leaders from the Victorian era to the present day.

The erudition on display and Quinault's playful ability to allow his subjects to condemn themselves with their own words, are reminiscent of the work of Ben Pimlott, especially his excellent political character sketches.

• Introduction \ 1. Disraeli \ 2. Gladstone \ 3. Salisbury \ 4. Lloyd George \ 5. MacDonald \ 6. Baldwin \ 7. Churchill \ 8. Attlee \ 9. Thatcher \ 10. Blair \ Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index

Roland Quinault is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. He received his MA and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a scholar at Magdalen College and a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College. He has been Honorary Secretary of the Royal Historical Society and Reader in History at London Metropolitan University. In 2010-11 he is the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor in British History at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. He has written numerous studies of British political leaders from the Victorian era to the present day.

The erudition on display and Quinault's playful ability to allow his subjects to condemn themselves with their own words, are reminiscent of the work of Ben Pimlott, especially his excellent political character sketches.

• Introduction \ 1. Disraeli \ 2. Gladstone \ 3. Salisbury \ 4. Lloyd George \ 5. MacDonald \ 6. Baldwin \ 7. Churchill \ 8. Attlee \ 9. Thatcher \ 10. Blair \ Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index