Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail - Hardcover

Campbell-Smith, Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846143241 ISBN 13: 9781846143243

Publisher: Penguin Global, 2012

Synopsis

Rare Book

About this title

About the Author:

Duncan Campbell-Smith is a former Financial Times and Economist journalist whose career has also included working in the City and as a management consultant with McKinsey. He holds Visiting Senior Research Fellowships at the Institute of Historical Research and at the Centre for Contemporary British History at King's College, London. His previous books include Follow the Money: The Audit Commission, Public Money and the Management of Public Services, 1983-2008 (Penguin 2008).

Review:

An authorised and comprehensive account of an institution that was long held to be the best of its kind in the world. Campbell-Smith's book is vast, monumentally detailed, sharply observant of personalities and wittily readable. -- Michael Binyon * Times * The Post Office is currently in difficulties and Duncan Campbell-Smith's thoughtful and well-written book helps provide an explanation of its present situation, placing it in the context of an impressive history of the Royal Mail. This book has much to offer the scholar and general reader alike. -- Jeremy Black * BBC History * Highly valuable. An assured and fascinating account. -- Martin Daunton * Times Literary Supplement * Some of the subjects Campbell-Smith is obliged to tackle would defy the liveliest pen to make them fascinating, but he has written a solid, brilliantly researched and sometimes drily witty account of an institution once again in the throws of dramatic reinvention. -- Nicholas Rennison * Times * Duncan Campbell-Smith's account not only provides a wealth of information and insight. He has succeeded in presenting the often complex story in a clear and incisive style. All in all a highly recommended book. -- AK Huggins * The London Philatelist *

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846143241
• ISBN 13: 9781846143243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768