Cirrus@Austlit

'Chris Wallace’s new book, Political Lives, is fascinating. Yes, it’s primarily about prime ministers, white men both dead and alive, wielding power. But her vivid writing, her eye for intriguing detail and, above all, her format bring it all alive. We see Australian leaders via a study of the biographies of these men and the journalists and the odd academic who wrote about them. The biographical details and preoccupations of the writers shed almost as much light on their times as on the lives of the political men they survey.'  (Introduction)