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|author= Chris Mullin
|buy= Yes
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|pages=256
|publisher= Serpent's Tail
|date= January 2010
|isbn=978-1846687402
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'''This book was reprinted first published in 2012 1982 as [[Secret State A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin|Secret StateA Very British Coup]]'''
Chris Mullin has long been one of my political heroes. He's an honest man in a profession where [[No Expenses Spared by Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner|events]] have shown that it's been all too easy to be otherwise. His daughters are his best friends and he's worked in public life for the good of the public rather than his own benefit. His [[A View from the Foothills by Chris Mullin|diaries]] may well prove to be the definitive volume on the Blair years. He's campaigned and been an investigative journalist, but for some reason I had never read his classic political thriller – perhaps ''the'' classic political thriller - ''A Very British Coup'', now republished as ''Secret State''.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
Do read Chris Mullins [[A View from the Foothills by Chris Mullin|diaries]] – they're as readable as his fiction. It's difficult to find a political thriller which comes even close to this classic but we can recommend [[Power Play by Gavin Esler]] as a good holiday read. You might also enjoy [[Time of Lies by Douglas Board]].
{{amazontext|amazon=1846689139}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=69063801846687403}} Chris Mullin appears at the [http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/2012/10/10/137-chris-mullin-a-very-british-coup/ Ilkley Literature Festival] on 10 October 2012.
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