The Gambler—Tom Bower on Boris Johnson

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Despite his celebrity, decades of media scrutiny, the vitriol of his critics and the adoration of his supporters, there is so much we’ve never understood about Boris Johnson: until now.

From Blair to Branson, Tom Bower’s unvarnished biographies forever changed the way we perceive our leaders. He is unequivocally the most important investigative writer in Britain today: an authority on the lives and works of the most powerful men of our age. Now, in conversation with former Spectator editor Matthew d’Ancona, the legendary biographer turns his attentions to the Prime Minister.

What seismic events of his childhood have evaded scrutiny? How has he so consistently defied the odds, proved his critics wrong, and got away with increasingly reckless gambles? What were his real achievements and failures as Mayor of London, what was really going on during his time as Foreign Secretary, and why did he write two articles for the Telegraph one in favor of Leave and the other for Remain? How have the women in his life exerted more influence than any of us realize, and why is his story ultimately one overshadowed by family secrets?

Based on a wealth of new interviews and research, Bower has produced the deepest, most rounded and most comprehensive portrait to date of the man, the mind, the politics, the affairs, the family of a loner, a lover, a leader.

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