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Harold Evans
Abacus,
515 pages, ` 495
The legendary editor of the Sunday Times and The Times, who was voted the ‘all-time greatest British newspaper editor,’ Harold Evans’ career has spanned five decades of tumultuous social, political and creative change. His is an inspiring story of early struggles leading to a career in journalism at its most exhilarating and glamorous. How did a Lancashire boy, who failed the 11-plus, rise to a position where he could so effectively give voice to the unheard?
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