Adam Macqueen

Adam Macqueen is the author of books including The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit . The King of Sunlight , his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by The Economist as one of its books of the year. He has contributed to Private Eye since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He has written two Tommy Wildeblood crime novels,...See more

Adam Macqueen is the author of books including The Prime Minister's Ironing Board and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit . The King of Sunlight , his biography of the soap manufacturer William Hesketh Lever, was named by The Economist as one of its books of the year. He has contributed to Private Eye since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011. He has written two Tommy Wildeblood crime novels, published in 2020 and 2022. See less