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WELL READ USED PAPERBACK EDITION. CREASES TO SPINE AND COVER

The story of Hamer Shawcross, from illegitimate birth and grim poverty in nineteenth-century Manchester, through the beginnings of the Labour Party to election as an M.P. and final elevation to the House of Lords. Driven by personal ambition, he loses touch with his working-class roots, and becomes estranged from his suffragette wife. Parallel to Shawcross's story are sub-plots about two other working-class boys. One, Arnold Ryerson, stays true to his origins, and becomes a union leader in Wales. The other, Tom Hannaway, becomes rich through business.

Fame is the Spur

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