Third Man e-bog

The enhanced edition of the fully updated, number-one bestselling memoir of one of New Labour's three founding architects allows unprecedented access to video footage, audio commentary and primary source materials, from Mandelson's own diary entries to spirited exchanges between Labour's most powerful figures.In this enhanced ebook edition, Peter Mandelson opens up his personal archive, for the first time sharing the primary source materials he drew on to write his memoir. Never before published diary entries, memos and handwritten personal exchanges shed a fascinating light on the workings of government and one of the most divisive figures in British politics. Key documents are further illuminated in expanded audio captions in Mandelson's own words, giving remarkable insight into the workings of one of the sharpest political operators of our generation.Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelson's life - with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Charting what he terms the 'soap-opera' years of the Labour government, his book continues to ruffle feathers with an updated preface bringing the story up to the tempestuous present.