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What to read after Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott: 24 titles sharing themes of Political, Great Britain, 20th Century, and Europe, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Six Minutes in May How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister — Nicholas Shakespeare

Six Minutes in May How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister

Nicholas Shakespeare

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Rivals in the Storm How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost His Government – Recommended by Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics — Damian Collins

Rivals in the Storm How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost His Government – Recommended by Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Things Can Only Get Better — John O’Farrell

Things Can Only Get Better — John O’Farrell

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

My Early Life — Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Curzon Imperial Statesman — David Gilmour

Curzon Imperial Statesman

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

First Confession A Sort of Memoir — Chris Patten

First Confession A Sort of Memoir

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Standing for Something Life in the Awkward Squad — Mark Seddon

Standing for Something Life in the Awkward Squad

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher : from Grocer’s Daughter to Iron Lady — John Campbell

The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher : from Grocer’s Daughter to Iron Lady

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Kingmaker Pamela Churchill Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power — Sonia Purnell

Kingmaker Pamela Churchill Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Edward Heath A Singular Life — Michael McManus

Edward Heath A Singular Life

Michael McManus

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Not for Turning The Complete Life of Margaret Thatcher — Robin Harris

Not for Turning The Complete Life of Margaret Thatcher

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

What I Remember — Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

What I Remember

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Hitler’s Girl The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII — Lauren Young

Hitler’s Girl The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Troublesome Young Men The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England — Lynne Olson

Troublesome Young Men The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Edwardian Requiem A Life of Sir Edward Grey — Michael Waterhouse

Edwardian Requiem A Life of Sir Edward Grey

Michael Waterhouse

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

The Authorised Biography of Margaret Thatcher — Charles Moore

The Authorised Biography of Margaret Thatcher

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Lloyd George — Hugh Purcell

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Churchill and Orwell The Fight for Freedom — Thomas E. Ricks

Churchill and Orwell The Fight for Freedom

Thomas E. Ricks

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

The Woman Who Saved the Children A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children — Clare Mulley

The Woman Who Saved the Children A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Endgame Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival — Omid Scobie

Endgame Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Agent Molière The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle — Geoff Andrews

Agent Molière The Life of John Cairncross, the Fifth Man of the Cambridge Spy Circle

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Things Can Only Get Better Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, 1979-1997 — John O’Farrell

Things Can Only Get Better Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, 1979-1997 — John O’Farrell

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

In Command of History Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War — David Reynolds

In Command of History Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Citizens of London How Britain Was Rescued in Its Darkest, Finest Hour — Lynne Olson

Citizens of London How Britain Was Rescued in Its Darkest, Finest Hour

Themes: Political • Great Britain • 20th Century

Fans of Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott will find 24 titles here, all united by Political, Great Britain, 20th Century. Authors represented include Nicholas Shakespeare, Damian Collins, John O'Farrell, Winston Churchill, and others.

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