Powerbrokers & Political Fixers (Signed by Iain Dale) Coming Sept 2026

Hardback
September 5 2026
Biteback Publishing

Profiles of some of the most important political powerbrokers, fixers and kingmakers from ancient times to the present day, or as we like to put it, from Machiavelli to Mandelson

Here are the subjects in the book together with the names of the people writing about them

Shang Yang Jonathan Clements
Empress Theodora Alexander Stafford
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick David Walsh
William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk Gareth Streeter
Margaret Beaufort Elizabeth Norton
Niccolo Machiavelli James Gray
Cardinal Wolsey Charlotte Gauthier
Thomas Cromwell Stevem Verappen
Thomas Cranmer James Nation
William Cecil Lord Salisbury
Catherine de Medici Amy Selman
Robert Cecil Mark Fox
George Villiers Robert Buckland
John Pym Miranda Malins
Edward Hyde George Trefgarne
Sarah Churchill Emily Fox
Nancy Ward, Nanyehi Josh Provan
Henry Dundas Michael Fry
Alexander Hamilton Sam Marks
Klemens von Metternich Tobias Ellwood
Francis Bonham Richard Gaunt
Francis Schnadhorst Justine Pick
Bismarck Simon Heffer
Roscoe Conkling Gabriel Pogrund
Marcus Hanna Matthew Binkowski
J S Sanders T G Otte
Herbert Gladstone Duncan Brack
Maundy Gregory Philip Norton
J C C Davidson Alex Puffette
Violet Bonham-Carter Matt Cole
Joseph Ball Alistair Cooke
Sir Horace Wilson Roger Gough
Harry Hopkins Robert Waller
Eleanor Roosevelt Karin Robinson
Brendan Bracken Peter Caddick-Adams
Joseph Kennedy Alvin Felzenberg
Tommy Lascelles Will Timmins
Lord Beaverbrook John Barnes
Clark Clifford Sue Cameron
Pamela Harriman Jonathan Beveridge
Jean Monnet Graham Timmins
John Wyndham Lord Parkinson
Jacques Soustelle Chris Humphris
Mikhail Suslov Henry Bell
Jiang Qing Nicky Morgan
Marcia Williams Julia Langdon
Peter Bessell Garry Tregidga
Egon Bahr Iain Dale
H R Haldeman James Dunn
Henry Kissinger Peter Riddell
Airey Neave Jack Brown
James Baker Colleen Graffy
P J Mara Gary Murphy
Lee Atwater Tim Shipman
Chris Rennard Lewis Baston
James Carville & Mary Matalin Simon Marks
Peter Mandelson Adam Boulton
Alastair Campbell Michael Cockerell
Charlie Whelan Martin Bright
Nick Brown Adam Lake
Derek Draper Paul Richards
Margaret McDonagh Scarlett McGwire
Jacques Foccart Adrian Blomfield
Karl Rove Toby Harnden
Lynton Crosby James Heale
Jeremy Heywood Max Stafford
Damian McBride Connor Hand
David Axelrod Tom Skinner
Peta Credlin John McTernan
Jonathan Caine Paul Bew
Seumas Milne Michael Crick
Dominic Cummings Leo McKinstry
Steve Bannon Harry Cole
Martin Selmayr Henry Riley
Morgan McSweeney Patrick Maguire
Sue Gray Peter Cardwell