After Number 10

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Kevin Theakston

   Pages 1-13

3. Walpole to Shelburne

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   Pages 14-41

4. Addington to Melbourne

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   Pages 42-73

5. Peel to Rosebery

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   Pages 74-106

6. Salisbury to Asquith

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   Pages 107-125

7. Lloyd George to Chamberlain

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   Pages 126-148

8. Attlee to Douglas-Home

   • Kevin Theakston

   Pages 149-175

9. Heath to Callaghan

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   Pages 176-196

10. Thatcher to Blair

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    Pages 197-225

11. Comparative Perspectives

    • Kevin Theakston

    Pages 226-237

12. Back Matter

    Pages 238-269

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Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives, political roles and influence of former prime ministers, Theakston analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.

• 18th century
• comparative
• health
• politics
• Thatcher
• British Politics

'This is a most fascinating, superbly readable book.' - Journal of Liberal History

• University of Leeds, UK

  Kevin Theakston

KEVIN THEAKSTON is Professor of British Government at the University of Leeds, UK and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous books include: Leadership in Whitehall (1999), Winston Churchill and the British Constitution (2004), and (edited) British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 (2004).

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