First published as A Political Love Story Kate White's biography of Joseph Lyons is an engrossing study of one of Australia's most interesting an controversial prime ministers.
Joseph Lyons wsa prime minister from 1932-1939 druing the crucial years of Australia's climb out of the Great Depression. In his day he was known for two momentous decisions in his life - he changed from the Labor Party to the United Australia Party in the middle of his political career and at 35 he fell in love with a 17-year-old girl Enid Burnell whom he married.