I'll Give You the Sun,All the Bright Places,Holding Up the Universe 3 Books Set

Name: I'll Give You the Sun,All the Bright Places,Holding Up the Universe 3 Books Set
Brand: Professor Margaret MacMillan, John Sadler, David T

Professor Margaret MacMillan, John Sadler, David T

Description. The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government. In 1923, four short years since the end of the First World War, and after the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote, an inconclusive election result and the prospect of a constitutional crisis opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these 'wild men'? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labour's first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thomas, a Welsh railwayman; John Wheatley, an Irish-born miner and publican; and William Adamson, a Fife coal miner. Never before had men from such backgrounds occupied the corridors of power in Westminster.. War: How Conflict Shaped Us. The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in hu...