Book description
Jeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid
answering a difficult question, but here he seeks an answer to just
one: What makes politicians tick?
Embarking on a journey in which he encounters movers and shakers
past and present, he discovers:
that Prime Ministers have often lost a parent in childhood
why Trollope is the politician s novelist of choice
that Lloyd George once hunted Jack the Ripper
how an Admiral s speech in parliament helped win WWII
Where do politicians come from? How do they get elected? What do
they do all day? And why do they seek power? All these questions and
many more are addressed in Paxman s thrilling dissection of that
strange and elusive breed the political animal.
Jeremy Paxman is a journalist, best known for his work presenting
Newsnight
and
University Challenge
. His books include
Friends in High Places, The English
and
The Political Animal
. He lives in Oxfordshire.
