by Roy Jenkins · Macmillan Publishers Limited · tapa dura · ISBN 9780333730577
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«The Chancellors» is the historical essay by Roy Jenkins, published by Macmillan Publishers Limited in hardback (512 pages, in English).
Roy Jenkins examines the lives and work of the nineteen Chancellors of the Exchequer who held office between the era of Gladstone and that of Attlee. He traces their personalities, social backgrounds and political careers, and their influence on the finances of the United Kingdom. A collective portrait of power in British politics for over half a century.
The original edition is from 1998 and includes bibliographic references and an index. The work covers from 1886 to 1947.
For those interested in the political and economic history of the United Kingdom and in the biographies of its rulers.
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead was a British statesman and writer who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and a peer for the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan governments.
