Michael Foot
Book description: Davis-Poynter, London, 1973. First Edition. This is the second volume of Foot's biography of his political hero. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very good. Black cloth board, with gilt titles. Inscribed. Dust jacket condition: Good and not price clipped, bumped at extremities, but now in a protective cover. Black and white photographs. 692 pages, including index: a heavy book. This volume covers the period when Aneurin Bevan was at the peak of his powers, describing how, as Minister of Health, he founded the National Health Service. It tells of his resignation from the Labour Government that shaped so much of post-war British political history, and how he became the most hated but also the best loved figure in the politics of his time. ISBN: 0706700899.
