Ben Pimlott se ve své práci zabýval moderní britskou politickou historií. Jeho akademická dráha zahrnovala působení na Birkbeck College a jako vedoucí Goldsmith's College. Jeho odbornost v oblasti současných dějin formovala jeho pohled na politiku a společnost.
Combines scholarship and observations to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Harold Wilson held office as Prime Minister for longer than any other Labour leader, and longer than any other premier in peacetime apart from Mrs Thatcher.
An updated edition of Ben Pimlott's classic biography of the Queen: `There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.' PETER HENNESSY, Independent on Sunday