Festival Appearances Stratford Upon Avon Literary Festival Tuesday, 28th April - Monday 4th May, 2009 Biography |
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Appointed a Privy Counciller in 1975, he joined the cabinet in 1976 as Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Affairs and was elected Deputy leader of Labour in 1983. Although granted a peerage Roy prefers only to use the title when on House of Lords Business.
With his dry Yorkshire humour he is a highly entertaining speaker and accomplished writer.
Bibliography
Borrowed Time: the Story of Britain Between the Wars (2007) ISBN 0316730327
The Edwardians: Biography of the Edwardian Age (2004) ISBN 0-316-72537-4
The Life of John Wesley: A Brand from the Burning (2002) ISBN 978-0-385-50334-1
Buster's Diaries (1999) ISBN 0-7515-2917-6
Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army (1999) ISBN 0-316-85161-2
50 Years on: Prejudiced History of Britain Since the War (1997) ISBN 0-316-87932-0
No Discouragement: An Autobiography (1996) ISBN 0-333-64957-5
Who Goes Home?: Scenes from a Political Life (1995) ISBN 0-316-87669-0
Between Ourselves (1994) ISBN 0-330-32574-4
Skylark's Song (1993) ISBN 0-333-55608-9
In That Quiet Earth (1993) ISBN 0-330-32303-2
The Maker's Mark (1990) ISBN 0-333-47032-X
Choose Freedom: Future of Democratic Socialism (1987) ISBN 0-14-010494-1
A Yorkshire Boyhood (1983) ISBN 0-7011-2613-2
Press Gang (1983) ISBN 0-86051-205-3
Goodbye to Yorkshire (1976) ISBN 0-575-02201-
