About the Author

Frank Welsh read History at Cambridge, then worked in banking and industry, including service on the boards of nationalised industries and on the Royal Commission into the NHS. His books include The Profit of the State, Uneasy City and The Companion Guide to the Lake District.

Reviews

'A masterly synthesis of past and present scholarship historical storytelling in the grand narrative tradition' Mail & Guardian 'Sweeping, exhaustive and masterly' Scotland on Sunday 'Excellent... a balanced account of a very complex story' Stephen Fleming, Irish Independent 'Vital to an understanding of modern South Africa' Publishers Weekly 'His assessments are judicious, his opinions fair. Welsh maintains a clear narrative thread through this hugely complex story' Stephen Taylor, New York Times Book Review