The Prime Ministers: Volume the First: From Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel

The office of Prime Minister has been based on convention and has been shaped by personal and political factors. Originally published in 1974 (volume 1) and 1975 (volume 2), beginning with Robert Walpole and including Edward Heath, the political biographies of its holders (forty-seven in all) are presented here.

Herbert van Thal (1904-1983) was a British bookseller, publisher, agent, biographer, and anthologist.