The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Volume One: Prelude to Power, 1947-1997, The Complete Edition

'All of human life is here. It makes The Thick of It look tame. And sane' Sunday TimesTHE BLAIR YEARS was a publishing sensation that in 2007 attracted critical acclaim around the world. Based on extracts from Alastair Campbell’s diaries, it withheld politically sensitive material and the author admitted the full story would have to wait. Now that full story, recorded in meticulous detail every day that Campbell was alongside Tony Blair, can begin to be told, in the first of four riveting volumes.PRELUDE TO POWER begins on the day John Smith dies and ends as Tony Blair enters Downing Street three years later. It offers a unique perspective on the key personalities in the New Labour story and the bonds and sometimes explosive tensions between them, capturing both the drama of an historic election campaign and the turmoil of modern political life. Campbell, a powerful and controversial character, combines the eye of the journalist with the perception of the top-flight political strategist to produce diaries that are frank, often funny, always utterly compelling and which, as even his harshest critics have acknowledged, will be devoured by historians for generations.'Campbell is a fluent and industrious reporter, with amazing stamina.' Daily Telegraph'These diaries will be gasped at, and relied upon, for decades to come.' The TimesCamp, Grace is the author of 'The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Volume One: Prelude to Power, 1947-1997, The Complete Edition', published 2011 under ISBN 9780099493457 and ISBN 0099493454.