Mandy: The Unauthorised Biography of Peter MandelsonPeter Mandelson was one of Britain's most powerful and controversial political figures. MANDY presents the man variously dubbed Svengali, The Prince of Darkness and Rasputin in a riveting and compulsively readable account by one of the most astute political commentators in the business. It reveals the fully story behind the loan scandal which forced Mandelson's resignation, swifly followed by the resignation of Geoffrey Robinson and Charlie Whelan. |
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