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    The Road from 1945

    Feb 11, 2022 3 minutes
    Review by Richard Toye

    Kenneth O. Morgan, now Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi, is the most distinguished living historian of British politics and a member of the International Churchill Society’s Board of Academic Advisers. His biography of Keir Hardie appeared back in 1963. His other books include several on Lloyd George and his era and a ground-breaking study of the Attlee government. first appeared in 1990 and has since been updated periodically. As a primer on post-war politics it is invaluable for the uninitiated, and even experts may be surprised at some of the details, as

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