Prime Ministers of Great Britain mentioned in the Novel

1940 — 1945 — Winston Churchill, The Conservative Party.

1946 — 1951 — Clement Attle, The Labour Party.

1951 — 1955 — Winston Churchill, The Conservative Party.

1955 — 1957 — Anthony Eden, The Conservative Party.

1957 — 1963 — Harold McMillan, The Conservative Party.

1964 — 1970 — Harold Wilson, The Labour Party.

1971 — 1974 — Edward Heath, The Conservative Party.

1974 — 1979 — James Callagan, The Labour Party.

1979 — 1991 — Margaret Thatcher, The Conservative Party.

Essay Writing

Introduction. (a paragraph). State the topic, justify its choice and placement in the novel.

Main Body: (some paragraphs with viewpoints and reasoning). If a character-sketch — physical appearance, personality characteristics with examples from the novel and reasoning.

Conclusion: (a paragraph). Summerising your thoughts and feelings on the topic or the character.

Useful Language

To express opinion: I believe. I think, In my view. The way I see it.

It seems to me (that).

To express effect: Thus, therefore, as a result, consequently, so,

as a consequence.

To express reality: in fact, as a matter of fact, actually,

the fact is that …

To list points: in the first place, first of all, to start with,

firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally, last but not least.

To add more points to the same topic: what is more, furthermore, also, in addition to this, besides,

another major reason, moreover, apart from this,

not to mention the fact that …

To make contrasting points: on the one hand … on the other hand, inspite of, despite, while, nevertheless, even though, although.

To introduce examples: for example, for instance, like, especially,

such as, in particular.

To express cause: because of, owing to, due to the fact that,

for this reason

To emphasize what you say: obviously, clearly, needless to say,

in particular.

To conclude: all in all, to sum up, all things considered, in conclusion, on the whole, taking everything into account,

as was previously stated, in general.