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Former Leader of the Opposition William Hague, talks about his first book (a recent Radio 4 Book of the Week), the extraordinary story of William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister in 1783 at the remarkable age of twenty-four. In this lively and authoritative biography, William Hague explains the dramatic events and exceptional abilities which allowed extreme youth to be combined with great power, set against a backdrop of industrial revolution and global conflict.