Alan Clark

Ion Trewin's biography traces the life of Alan Clark, a Conservative Member of Parliament whose published diaries made him famous. Clark also gained a reputation as a serial philanderer, and he served as a minister in the government of Margaret Thatcher, where his views often drew controversy.

Rather than repeating the public image, Trewin looks closely at the private figure behind it. The book examines how far Clark's many affairs went and sets out his part in the events that led to Thatcher's fall from power.