Product Description

In a series of deftly-sketched, fast-moving scenes, we are following Harold Macmillan's often haphazard rise to Prime Minister, from Eton (which he hated) through an early flirtation with the priesthood to early success under Churchill and final ascent to the premiership on the back of Eden's Suez disaster. Assailed by self-doubt, scorned by a domineering mother, cuckholded by his socialite wife, 'Supermac' is revealed as anything but super. What emerges however is a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a decent human being caught up in the coils of power politics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1108416 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Howard Brenton has most recently been the lead writer for the TV series Spooks. His early plays were produced at the Royal Court, RSC and National Theatre, where Romans in Britain was famously prosecuted by Mary Whitehouse in 1980.