Lord of the Jungle
Submitted by TreeNews on April 18, 2007 - 10:26pm.
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Life in the Jungle is Michael Heseltine’s absorbing account of a life in politics, beginning with his upbringing in South Wales and love of nature. From Shrewsbury public school he went to become president of the Oxford Union, dabbled with the property market and founded the Haymarket publishing empire.
Naturally this book’s main focus is on politics. Heseltine’s Westminster career covers urban regeneration, council house sales, Westland, the toppling of the ‘Iron Lady’, before becoming dominated by issues of pro-Europeanism and the potential leadership of his Party. All hopes were ended by heart problems and he bowed out of active politics in 1999 to concentrate on his publishing business and beloved Northamptonshire arboretum.