Over 300 years, fifty-seven individuals have held the office of British Prime Minister - who have been the best and worst?

Starting with an illuminating historical survey, Mr. Carter devotes the main portion of his hook to the position of the British Prime Minister since 1894, with

A handy and accessible guide to the colourful and not so colourful characters who have held Britain's top job.

He illuminates, often for the first time, precise Prime Ministerial attitudes toward, and authority over, nuclear weapons policy, the planning and waging of war