Mo Mowlam

by Julia Langdon

Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has become one of Britain's most popular politicians; a woman who evokes immense personal empathy among politicians and, more importantly, the public at large. This authorized biography, explores her life - how, as the child of alcoholic parents, she was the first in the family to go to university; her studies in the USA; her early career as a politics lecturer who was also a woman with a mission to do something; her sexual liberation in the 1970s; her Labour politics in the North East, Westminster and of course Ulster; and her dramatic success in beating a brain tumour.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Neil Horne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanted warts and all.

[Kate Kells · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have great admiration for Mo Moreland. What a sad loss to the human race. Very interesting to read about her life in general

[Rosemary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Traded a book on New Orleans voodoo for this book at an Edinburgh shop. Though never heard of Mo Mowlam before this book, she's an interesting person and reflects some of the free-and-easy relationships and idealism of her time. The book doesn't give outsiders enough information about Northern Ireland, for which she was Secretary of State. Nice character study but assumes the reader knows British politics.