John Shepherd.

John Shepherd. George Lansbury: At the Heart of elderly Labour. New York: Oxford University Pres 2002 Pp xix, 407 $5500 ISBN 0-19-820164-8

This is the first substantial biography of George Lansbury (1859-1940) since that written through Raymond Postgate, his son-in-law in 1951 Otherwise there have been short studies, chiefly notably that by Jonathan Schneer in 1990 which dealt thematically with like issues as Lansbury and women's enfranchisement.

Lansbury is a big figure in the history of the British Labour move Like James Keir Hardie and Michael twelve inches he was a leader

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