Best clement attlee biography books

"I shall die with lots of poetry in my heart and perhaps on my lips." [p]

“He was one of the last prominent Victorians in public life to pass away” [p]

Attlee, born in to an affluent family, was educated at a minor public (meaning private, fee paying) school, then Cambridge University, before qualifying to practice law and with a financial legacy to sustain him.

His family shared strong commitments to public service and raised no objections when Attlee soon switched from a legal career to social work in Limehouse, an impoverished district in East London, where direct personal contact exploded misconceptions about the nature of poverty and instilled a deep admiration for the hard work and social cohesion that made working class life (marginally) possible in the face of intolerable burdens and unfair odds.

Attlee soon extended his interest to politics and the account of the formation of the Labour Party and the di