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It will astonish historians and the general reader alike.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'This a bombshell of a book', Chris Patten, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The first great political biography of the twenty-first century' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPRODUCT DETAILS : \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ctable\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eISBN : 9780099507376 \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBY (AUTHOR) Chang, Jung, BY (AUTHOR) Halliday, Jon \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing \u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003ePUBLICATION DATE : January 04, 2007 \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCOUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom \u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eIMPRINT : Vintage \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLANGUAGE : English \u003c\/td\u003e\n \u003ctd\u003eAGE : General \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003ePRODUCT FORM : Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n \u003c\/table\u003e\n DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm \u003cbr\u003eWEIGHT : 718 g \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCT CATEGORY :\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Biography-Literature-Literary-studies\"\u003eBiography, Literature \u0026amp; Literary studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/History-Archaeology\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Archaeology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookazine-hong-kong.myshopify.com\/collections\/Society-Social-Sciences\"\u003eSociety \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e"}
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