Clement Attlee: the man who made modern Britain

Part I. Patriot, citizen, soldier, 1889-1918

Introduction: the red flag

With apologies to Rudyard Kipling

News from nowhere

The soldier

Part II. The making of a politician, 1918-1931

Looking backward

Building Jerusalem

Fame is the spur

Part III. Albion's troubles, 1931-1940

The Bullion family

The anti-Cromwell

The Major Attlee company and the clenched-fist salute

A word to Winston

Part IV. Finest hour, 1940-1945

All behind you, Winston

The hunting of the snark

The invisible man

Part V. New Jerusalem, New Deal, 1945-1947

To hope till hope creates

English traits, American problems

The British New Deal

Empire into commonwealth

Part VI. After New Jerusalem, 1948-1955

In Barchester all is not well

Taxis, teeth and hospital beds

The pilgrim's progress

Part VII. Mission's end, 1955-1967

Few thought he was even a starter

Epilogue: the promised land.