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Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. He is an award-winning journalist who spent ten years reporting from overseas, notably for Panorama. He is the author of five books including The English. He is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge and has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.

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Lively, persuasive, excellent. Boisterous and funny, provocative and punchily written… an intelligent romp -- Matthew Parris * Spectator *
Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *
One of the best primers on the vicissitudes of political life I have read -- Christopher Silvester * Sunday Times *
Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *

The Political Animal

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/6/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780141032962, 978-0141032962
      ISBN10: 0141032960
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      Political leaders and leadership Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. He is an award-winning journalist who spent ten years reporting from overseas, notably for Panorama. He is the author of five books including The English. He is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge and has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.

      Trade Review
      Lively, persuasive, excellent. Boisterous and funny, provocative and punchily written… an intelligent romp -- Matthew Parris * Spectator *
      Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *
      One of the best primers on the vicissitudes of political life I have read -- Christopher Silvester * Sunday Times *
      Entertaining, informative, incisive and insightful -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *

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