Children of the Master

Andrew Marr is a former editor of the Independent and BBC Political Editor. He currently hosts BBC 1’s Andrew Marr Show and Radio 4’s Start the Week. His acclaimed television documentary series include Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain and Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain. His first novel Head of State has sold over 100,000 copies.

‘The novel has uncanny echoes of the current political drama in Westminster … Marr has drawn on his many years as BBC political editor and as one of the nation's favourite political interrogators to produce a racy page-turner. I loved it’ Andrew Pierce, Daily Mail‘Benefits from an entertaining and fluent style as well as the sort of mastery of Machiavellian political machination that one would expect of someone from [Marr’s] background… Marr successfully blends fact with fiction freely to create a convincing political landscape that will be instantly recognisable to those with even the most cursory interest in current affairs… Amid the intrigue there are some excellent jokes and the plot bounces along merrily’ Scotsman‘Marr dissects Westminster’s Machiavellian machinations with his customary gusto … Compelling reading’ Daily Mail