First Among Equals
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In the ruthless corridors of Westminster, four ambitious men begin their careers in the House of Commons united by a single, consuming desire: to become Prime Minister of Great Britain. Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals chronicles the intertwining lives of these political rivals across three turbulent decades, tracing their careers through bitter elections, personal scandals, devastating betrayals, and the capricious tides of British political fortune — where a single miscalculation can end a career overnight. Archer, a former Member of Parliament himself, writes with an insider's authority and a storyteller's cunning, rendering the machinery of British politics with crackling authenticity. The novel is a masterclass in dramatic irony, as the reader watches each man's strengths become his greatest vulnerabilities, and allegiances shift like sand beneath the feet of power. Tautly plotted and compulsively readable, it stands as one of the definitive political novels of the twentieth century — a work that forces the question: in a game where only one can triumph, what price is a man willing to pay to be first among equals?
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Format: Paperback
Published: 2013, MacMillian
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the ruthless corridors of Westminster, four ambitious men begin their careers in the House of Commons united by a single, consuming desire: to become Prime Minister of Great Britain. Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals chronicles the intertwining lives of these political rivals across three turbulent decades, tracing their careers through bitter elections, personal scandals, devastating betrayals, and the capricious tides of British political fortune — where a single miscalculation can end a career overnight. Archer, a former Member of Parliament himself, writes with an insider's authority and a storyteller's cunning, rendering the machinery of British politics with crackling authenticity. The novel is a masterclass in dramatic irony, as the reader watches each man's strengths become his greatest vulnerabilities, and allegiances shift like sand beneath the feet of power. Tautly plotted and compulsively readable, it stands as one of the definitive political novels of the twentieth century — a work that forces the question: in a game where only one can triumph, what price is a man willing to pay to be first among equals?