(P/B) MASTER OF THE SENATE

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The most riveting political biography of our time and winner of countless awards including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Critics Circle Award for Biography, this is the third volume in Robert Caro's magisterial biography of Lyndon Johnson.
Master of the Senate takes Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 through to 1960, in the United States Senate. Once the most august and revered body in politics, by the time Johnson arrived the Senate had become a parody of itself and an obstacle that for decades had blocked desperately needed liberal legislation.
Caro shows how Johnson's brilliance, charm, and ruthlessness enabled him to become the youngest and most powerful Majority Leader in history and how he used his incomparable legislative genius -seducing both Northern liberals and Southern conservatives -to pass the first Civil Rights legislation since Reconstruction.
Brilliantly weaving rich detail into a gripping narrative, Caro gives us both a galvanizing portrait of Johnson himself and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings of legislative power

"Quite breathtaking-one of the great political biographies.' Gordon Brown'For Caro, writing a biography is writing a thriller - in Johnson's case, a western. You can't stop turning the pages-I can't recommend this book highly enough.' Michael Howard'This book stands out because it brings that pace and drama to life: it makes it almost as exciting to read the book as it would have been to be there-a magnificent history of twentieth century America.' William Hague'Regarded by many as the greatest political biography of the modern era. Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics. Compellingly readable-the breathtaking detail makes it impossible to put down.' The Times'Dazzling-awesome-Rarely will you come across a more compelling account of the nature of great power and its entanglement with massive personality. Rarely will you find another biography which is such a fascinating study of how a bad man became a power for the good." (Observer)