{"product_id":"gordon-brown-hb","title":"Gordon Brown Hb","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe gripping inside story of the complex and ambitious Chancellor of the Exchequer’s time in power.\u003cbr\u003e\nGordon Brown’s arrival at the Treasury in May 1997 was greeted by a stampede–officials of every rank spontaneously rushed to the door to cheer the new incumbent, excited about the change. As Master of the New Era, Brown created a matrix of relationships across every Whitehall department, and extended his influence to every aspect of government activity. He has been behind the most important budgetary decisions of the past decade: the commitment to Private Finance Initiative, which would affect infrastructure from the London Underground to the NHS to state schools; the management of the Inland Revenue; the increase in taxes; and the demise of Britain's pension funds.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this gripping and fully updated biography, reissued to coincide with Brown’s assumption of Tony Blair’s mantle, best-selling author Tom Bower documents the rise to power of a driven and complex politician, and exposes how the ambitions of the Labour Party’s leader-in-waiting will affect the country for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nTom Bower has a distinguished reputation as an investigative historian, broadcaster and journalist and is the author of several ground-breaking books about tycoons. His most recent works are ‘Conrad and Lady Black’, ‘The Squeeze’ and his biographies of Simon Cowell and Bernie Ecclestone. Among his other much-debated biographies are those of Mohammed Fayed, Richard Branson and Robert Maxwell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45173470199987,"sku":"9780007175406","price":316.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/41yAeRVzqoL.jpg?v=1765448271","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/gordon-brown-hb","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}