His grasp of economic policy was better than that of any other Prime Minister, and he enjoyed a high reputation among foreign leaders. His success at winning General Elections - four in all - has so far not been matched. He held office as Prime Minister for longer than any other Labour leader, and longer than any other premier in peacetime apart from Mrs Thatcher. Harold Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen.
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