THE THIRD MAN: LIFE AT THE HEART OF NEW LABOUR
Book ID/图书代码： 06580010B38082
English Summary/英文概要： THE THIRD MAN is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented
three terms in government.
Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelson’s life – with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Charting
what he terms the ‘soap-opera’ years of the Labour government, his book is already ruffling many feathers.
Forced to resign from Cabinet twice in three years, Peter Mandelson has cut a divisive figure through British politics but his time as
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland gained him many supporters.
He was a highly regarded European Commissioner before being brought back into British politics by Gordon Brown in 2008 to serve as
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and as First Secretary.
Containing a mixture of autobiography, personal reflection and political history, The Third Man draws heavily on detailed diary notes that Peter Mandelson took during the events, discussions and meetings that shaped the government and the Labour Party over 25 years. He began writing the book while serving as European Commissioner and has been completing it since leaving office in May.
Much has been written about Peter Mandelson as the person at the heart of the New Labour project
but this is the first time we have heard the unvarnished truth from the man himself. The Third Man is set to become the UK’s most talked about political memoir of the year.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作为与托尼•布莱尔及戈登•布朗齐肩，被外界视为英国新工党的关键奠基人之一，彼得•本杰明•曼德尔森男爵的自传终于在世人一片的期盼与关注当中揭开了它的面纱。
毋庸置疑，彼得•曼德尔森是活跃在当今英国国内最具影响力的政要之一。
1997年，托尼•布莱尔正是在他的协助之下，率领工党于当年大选中成功击败保守党并赢得执政权，一举打破了保守党前后执政18年的政治局面。作为新工党内部重要的支柱人物，曼德尔森在1997年工党上台后遂即被托尼•布莱尔委以重任，并迅速入阁。但此后，他却先后两度被卷入丑闻而被迫引咎辞职。
2004年第二度从内阁辞职之后，曼德尔森转而出任了欧盟委员会专员一职，并长达四年的时间。直至2008年，在继任首相戈登•布朗的邀请下，他决定重返英国政坛，并于当年10月13日被正式册封为「赫里福德郡佛依以及达拉谟郡哈特尔普尔男爵」头衔，从而晋身英国上议院，并顺利入主戈登•布朗内阁。期间，他先后担任了第一国务大臣、商务大臣、贸易委员会主席兼枢密院议长等要职，直到2010年5月工党大选失利，他才最终卸任。
长久以来，身为英国新工党的核心人物，又与托尼•布莱尔和戈登•布朗一同并称为「党内的三驾马车」，对于曼德尔森，这样一位终日生活在公众聚光灯下的政治人物而言，有关于他的传记或是书籍更可谓是层出不穷。但这本自传的特别之处则在于，它完完全全是出自曼德尔森本人的手笔，事实上，早在欧盟任职期间，曼德尔森便开始着手执笔于自己的这本自传，直至今年5月份他从内阁卸任，本书的写作工作才算最终完成。透过它，我们将首次直面三巨头之间鲜为人知的分分合合以及英国工党这些年来的起起伏伏。(ANDY)
Awards/获奖情况：Already an amazon.co.uk #1 bestseller,
two days before publication by HarperPress Recent UK news headlines
13/07/10 Mandelson’s memoirs: Blair thought Brown was ’mad, bad and
dangerous’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/14/mandelson-memoirs-blairbrown-
mad-bad
12/07/10 Peter Mandelson: We told Brown Labour was finished
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jul/12/mandelson-brown-labour-partyfinished
Currently serialised in The Times:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/newshttp://news/
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential British politicians of modern times and one of the chief architects of New Labour.
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