Iain Dale
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“It will appear from history that a partiality to continental states has always been destructive to the interest of this country.”
― The Prime Ministers: 1721–2020 Three Hundred Years of Political Leadership
― The Prime Ministers: 1721–2020 Three Hundred Years of Political Leadership
“The decision by Britain in September 1931 for sterling, still the world’s leading reserve currency, to come off the gold standard meant that the flow of gold into the US soon became a flood the other way as international investors pulled out, and the value of British and German assets held by US banks collapsed. This was the moment when recession became Depression, with unemployment soaring to over 23”
― The Presidents: The acclaimed account of America's leaders - a must-read for anyone with an interest in American politics and history
― The Presidents: The acclaimed account of America's leaders - a must-read for anyone with an interest in American politics and history
“Napoleon Bonaparte was first buried under a blank gravestone, but his final words form a fitting epitaph for what he held dear: ‘France. The Army. Head of the Army. Joséphine.”
― The Dictators: The acclaimed account of the world's worst dictators - a must-read for anyone with an interest in global history and politics
― The Dictators: The acclaimed account of the world's worst dictators - a must-read for anyone with an interest in global history and politics
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