''Thoroughly researched- brings superbly to life figures whom history should not have forgotten.'' - Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph''A highly readable, enjoyable and informative book.'' - John McTernan, Financial Times''A meticulously researched collective biography.'' - Andrew Marr, New Statesman''Superb'' -- New Statesman ''Fascinating'' -- The Sunday TimesIn 1923, five short years since the end of the First World War, and after the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote, an inconclusive election result and the prospect of a constitutional crisis opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these -wild men-? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labour-s first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thom
