{"product_id":"the-benn-diaries-9780099634119","title":"The Benn Diaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadical statesman and Member of Parliament for over fifty years, Tony Benn is the pre-eminent diarist of his generation. His political activity continued after 'retirement' through mass meetings, broadcasts and in more recent years through social media. A widower since 2000, Tony Benn died at his home in London on 14th March 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Benn Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, intensely personal, candid and engaging as they are, rank as an important work of historiography -- Alan Clark * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eQuite apart from the brio of illuminating a life almost entirely free of boredom (another rarity), the collected Benn has some critical patches of postwar history recorded hot -- Peter Hennessy * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eImmensely readable and revealing -- Ben Pimlott * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn archive of incalculable value -- Ruth Dudley Edwards * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eThe best political diarist of our time * Financial Times *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732329541975,"sku":"9780099634119","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099634119.jpg?v=1719996436","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-benn-diaries-9780099634119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}