
Diaries and Memoirs Collection
Slowly but surely, I am building a collection of British political diaries and memoirs. The volumes listed here do not include biographies or other commentary, nor do they include non-memoir books written by former ministers or other politico-types.
Hardback
Kenneth Baker – The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics [signed]
Tony Benn – Dare to Be a Daniel [signed, 1st ed.]
Betty Boothroyd – Betty Boothroyd: The Autobiography
Gyles Brandreth – Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries, 1992-97
George Brown – In My Way [1st ed.]
Richard Crossman – Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman
Richard Crossman – Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Vol. 1-3
Bernard Donoughue – The Heat of the Kitchen: An Autobiography
Roy Jenkins – A Life at the Centre [review]
Nigel Lawson – The View from Number 11
George Mallaby – From My Level: Unwritten Minutes
Christopher Meyer – D.C. Confidential
Chris Mullin – A View from the Foothills
David Owen – Time to Declare
Margaret Thatcher – The Downing Street Years
William Whitelaw – The Whitelaw Memoirs [1st ed.]
Paperback
James Callaghan – Time and Chance
Alan Clark – Diaries, Vol. 1-3
John Cole – As It Seemed to Me: Political Memoirs
Dennis Healey – The Time of My Life [signed]
Michael Heseltine – Life in the Jungle
Geoffrey Howe – Conflict of Loyalty
David Owen – Time to Declare: Second Innings
Books will be added and links to reviews will be provided, as appropriate.