Edward Heath
The Authorised Biography
Philip Ziegler
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To Clare
Table of Contents
FOUR In Waiting for Westminster
FOURTEEN Europe: The Second Round
SEVENTEEN The Approaching Storm
TWENTY-THREE Adjusting to a New Life
Edward Heath changed the lives of the British people more fundamentally