The Shortlist

This is the compelling biography of Jennie Lee (1904-1988), the beautiful and passionate daughter of a Scottish miner who rose to become a pioneering woman MP. Regarded as one of the finest political biographies of recent years, this book studies a remarkable woman whose stormy political career culminated in her becoming the first Minister for the Arts, and details the moving and intimate story of her marriage to Aneurin Bevan.

A truly magnificent biography in every sense: a moving portrait of Jennie herself, a most scrupulous painting of the political background, an unchallengeable account of Jennie's record as a Minister
Michael Foot

The best biography that I have read for years. Superbly researched, engrossingly written, scrupulously honest
Gerald Kaufman, Daily Telegraph

One of the best political biographies of recent years, a small classic of Labour history
New Statesman

Lee's lives and loves, passions and drives are beautifully and frankly explored in Patricia Hollis's compelling book... a rounded life of an extraordinary woman that I cannot recommend too highly
THES

Fascinating
Shirley Williams, Times Literary Supplement