Books

I have my name of the cover of two books and on the inside of a third, a little travel guide. They are listed below along with links for buying signed copies. I’m currently working on another for Simon and Schuster, my new publishers. It’s a history of the battle between Downing Street, the media and the press barons from David Lloyd George to Gordon Brown.

My agent is the lovely Broo Doherty and she can be contacted via the Wade and Doherty Literary Agency

 

The Spin Doctor's Diary

The Spin Doctor's DairyThe Spin Doctor’s Diary was first published in September 2005 and appeared in paperback with a new preface in June 2006. Its appearance, and in particular its serialisation by the Mail on Sunday which published without permission material deleted at the behest of the government, caused a great deal of controversy. It was extravagantly praised by some and condemned by others.

The Spin Doctor’s Diary came out some eighteen months before that of my old boss Alastair Campbell and so was the first insider’s diary from the Blair years. Its publication was followed by a House of Commons inquiry into the rules governing books of this kind and to a police inquiry into whether Tony Blair had committed an offence under the Public Order Act. I gave evidence to both. The first produced some sensible proposals and the second was eventually dropped. You can read part of my evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee on why I published the book here.

The Independent on SundayThe book was short-listed for the Channel Four Political Book of the Year. GQ (April 2008) had it at number 17 in 'The 50 Best Political Books of All Time'.

“Quite brilliant…These diaries have performed a public service of great importance” . Peter Oborne, The Evening Standard

“Sharp, often very funny and always readable. Lance Price was right to publish. And should not be damned”. Sir Stephen Wall, former adviser to Tony Blair, New Statesman

“Lance Price is a turd”. Boris Johnson, The Spectator

Purchase a signed copy of 'The Spin Doctor's Diary' via PayPal
£7.50 inc P&P, EU only
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“These are gripping diaries, acutely well-observed and written in fine prose. They will provide the first insider diary account of Blair's number 10. They will be as fascinating to readers today as they will to future historians.”

Anthony Sheldon
Author of 'Blair'

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Time & Fate

Time and FateTime and Fate is Lance's first novel. It combines an insider's view of 10 Downing Street with a cast of characters that includes ruthless politicians, hard-drinking journalists, incompetent revolutionaries, drug dealers and prostitutes.

It is a story of how power, principles and passions collide and it asks what happens when the man at the top says enough is enough. The novel was published in October 2005 by the Polperro Press (www.polperropress.co.uk)

The Times speculated that "perhaps Time and Fate will be the corking political novel that Blair’s Britian so badly needs". Progress magazine said it "...successfully evokes the humanity and emotions of the people behing the headlines...it deserves to be read as a refreshingly engaging political novel."

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“I thoroughly enjoyed this well-constructed, pacy and, above all, entertaining first novel. The multi-layered and topical plot really benefits from the authenticity that the ex spin-doctor’s inside track on domestic life at No.10; the workings of government; and the realities of spin and real politique lend it.”

Amazon.co.uk

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Berlitz Guide to Iceland

Berlitz Guide to IcelandThe Berlitz Guide to Iceland was co-authored with Lance's partner, James Proctor. Lance was also principal photographer on the project. It may be small but it was his first book.

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