{"product_id":"the-predecessor-9781914498992","title":"The Predecessor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e''Old soldiers never die, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever die, never die, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld soldiers never die, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey simply fade away''\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a political haunting.\u003cbr\u003eHolton is a marginal Westcountry constituency, splicing together feral countryside, a pompous market town and depressing suburbs. This is the tale of two of its Members of Parliament. \u003cbr\u003eRobert Wilkes is a backbench MP of the modern age, lost in the gap between ambition and capability and increasingly bitter about his insignificance. His empty, self-obsessed days are shortly to change, filled with encounters with a strange, tobacco scented shadow.\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Copeland-Ellis, soldier, squire and knight of the shire has been dead for half a century. He watches over his old constituency with a gimlet eye and an inscrutable agenda.\u003cbr\u003eThe proposed M17 a is a major road project designed to cut congestion, boost the regional economy and burnish political credentials. In its way stands a patch of scrubland, a small wood and outraged local sentiment. \u003cbr\u003eThe Predecessor is a tale about politics, past and place and the tangled ways they are woven together.\u003cbr\u003eAlone of the ancient buildings of Britain, the Palace of Westminster does not have any ghost stories attached to it. This book suggests why.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clink Street Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914498992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.33d","brand":"M. R. Browne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325046034613,"sku":"9781914498992","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_adc856b1-e6ca-45cc-9d73-6aa0443d61d6.jpg?v=1660015024","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-predecessor-9781914498992","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}