Mosley

Life&Times
By Nigel Jones

Oswald Mosley was Britain’s failed Führer. His political career began brilliantly - he was the youngest MP of his day - but his attraction to fascism led him to found the notorious ‘Blackshirts’, who were increasingly influenced by the Nazis. Released from prison after war, Mosley tried to refound his movement from exile, attacking Britain's new immigrants and advocating a united white Europe.

This is the first biography of Mosley since his death in 1980 and makes full use of recent research into British fascism. Race, nation and political violence are urgent issues throughout Europe today: Nigel Jones' analysis of Mosley's appeal, and his failure, is vital reading.

‘Jones does manage to get a more accurate view of Mosley than some previous, weightier books. Mosley has been amazingly well treated by biographers . . . who have airbrushed out his virulent anti-Semitism as well as his selfishness, deceit and thuggery. This readable, lively introduction to Mosley’s life is ideal for the reader who wants to understand the subject.’

Francis Beckett, Jewish Chronicle

Nigel Jones is a biographer, historian and journalist. He has written four previous books, including the critically acclaimed Rupert Brooke: Life, Death and Myth (1999), Hitler's Heralds (1987), The Birth of the Nazis (2004) and The War Walk: a Journey along the Western Frond (2004)