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Rory Stewart lived in and around the Eden Valley of Cumbria for ten years, serving as the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border. He is half Scottish and half English. He is the author of several prize-winning and bestselling books including The Places in Between, a New York Times bestseller, and, most recently, Politics On the Edge, a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Stewart is currently Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, and the co-host of the leading UK podcast The Rest Is Politics.There’s no denying that<b> Rory Stewart stands almost alone among British politicians: </b>he’s one of a handful who can actually turn a phrase. That talent is put to good use here — <b>no other account of how Cameron Toryism curdled into May and Johnson is likely to be as evocative or amusing as this one</b>
The Times, *The Times Political Book of the Year*
If you want to better understand the catastrophe that has been our government since 2010, or you just want to<b> bask in Stewart’s beautifully formulated prose, read this book</b>
New Statesman, *Books of the Year*
<b>A brilliant insider’s account</b> of the Cameron-May-Johnson years
FT, *Books of the Year*
It is the <b>sheer sharpness, originality and truth-telling grace </b>of Stewart’s prose, along with the vital importance of his subject, that makes his new book <b>a truly exceptional political autobiography, both a pleasure to read, and a vital wake-up call</b>
Scotsman, *Books of the Year*
<b>Full of sharp observations and often funny… </b>a portrait of a country where power is wielded by empty careerists, working in a broken system
Financial Times, *Books of the Year*
<b>Beautifully written</b>... You glimpse how transformative government could be
- Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian, *Books of the Year*
<b>A fascinating account of power, corruption and lies</b>
i, *Books of the Year*
Stewart writes beautifully and is <b>brilliant at describing both the theatre and insanity of life in politics</b>
Daily Express, *Books of the Year*
[Stewart’s] memoir of his time in politics is valuable as a slice of entertainment, as an enjoyably catty takedown of his former colleagues, and as perhaps the most helpful recent account of the failings of the British state… <b>a valuable contribution to the historical record</b>
Sunday Times, *Political Book of the Year*
The moral and technical seriousness of this book should not be ignored: in his time in parliamentary politics, <b>Stewart discovered a lot that needs mending—and he has plenty of ideas for doing so</b>
Prospect, *Books of the Year*
The searing inside story of our broken politics from the former Cabinet minister and co-host of The Rest Is Politics.
‘The most exceptional political memoir I’ve ever read’
ALAN JOHNSON
‘An instant classic’
MARINA HYDE
‘At last a politician who can write’
SEBASTIAN FAULKS
Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.
Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.
‘Genuinely eye-opening…always riveting, often horrifying’
iNEWS
‘Beautifully written’
GUARDIAN
‘Hugely entertaining’
EVENING STANDARD
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FT, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES AND SCOTSMAN *
Politics on the Edge was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 09.09.23–16.09.23, 09.12.23–16.12.23, 30.12.23–06.01.24 and 11.06.24—25.06.24.