Journey

Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic Shift in British politics Within a few short years. He had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour's history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain's dominant political figure of the last two decades. A Journey is Tony Blair's firsthand account of his years in office and beyond. Here he describes for the first time his role in shaping our recent history, from the aftermath of Princess Diana's death to the war on terror. He reveals the leadership decisions that were necessary to reinvent his party.