Reproaches from the Past
Peter Clarke: Gordon Brown, 1 April 2004
The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown
by William Keegan.
Wiley, 356 pp., £18.99, October 2003,0 470 84697 6 Show More
by William Keegan.
Wiley, 356 pp., £18.99, October 2003,
“... as ambition, with a premium on stealth as well as wealth. When Nigel, nephew of Roger, bishop of Salisbury, took on the job in 1126 (or thereabouts) he was simply called ‘the treasurer’. He resigned when made bishop of Ely in 1133 – not the sort of career progression to be expected these days. But the bishop of ... ”