"Billy Hughes was diminutive in stature but gargantuan in achievements. He bestrode the world's stage druing and after the Great War, alienating and irritating renowned figures. ... If Hughes could intimidate and annoy the world's statesmen, what hope did mere underlings have? This is the story of the endless parade of private secretaries of the man who dominated the first half century of Australian federal politics, who either enfuriated their irrascible boss or who could not tolerate his temper."--Cover.
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