UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others

Paperback Published on: 02/09/2021
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Synopsis

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail...

'26 February, White House Briefing Room

The coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Suddenly it's not just a public health emergency; it has the potential to upend this whole election...'

In UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel presents a diary of an election like we've never quite seen before.

Experience life as a reporter on the campaign trail, as the election heats up and a global pandemic slowly sweeps in. As American lives are lost at a devastating rate, the presidential race becomes a battle for the very soul of the nation - challenging not just the Trump presidency, but the very institutions of American democracy itself.

In this highly personal account of reporting on America in 2020, Jon Sopel takes you behind the scenes of a White House in crisis and an election in turmoil, expertly laying bare the real story of the presidential campaign in a panoramic account of an election and a year like no other.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Ebury Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781785944420
  • Number of pages: 400
  • Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 24 mm
  • Weight: 270g
  • Languages: English

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UnPresidented
Reads well and makes sense of recent events in USA
An intelligent and probing reflection on the USA 2021 elections; the impact of coronavirus on political campaigning and the struggle to vote in person. Jo... READ MORE
Ricoh
UnPresidented
Sounds dull? It's anything but
"UnPresidented" is basically Jon Sopel's diary of the 2020 US election race, the election, and a few days after. Sounds dull? It's anything but. Jon Sopel ... READ MORE
Dawn Lewis
UnPresidented
Excellent book, entertaining and worrying in equal measure
Jon Sopel is a first class broadcaster, and journalist. This book is his diary through 2020 and the US Presidential race. It is entertaining, even when the... READ MORE
James Button
UnPresidented
Interesting but stale Trump news.
This was not the best Sopel book I have read. It was written in his excellent precise and detailed manner but there was little in it that I had not seen or... READ MORE
Ellen Phillips
UnPresidented
Good read, but reflects BBC groupthink
I am enjoying the latest Sopel book, as I did with his others. His agenda is clearly Democrat and anti-Trump with little allowance made for that administra... READ MORE
James Phillips-Broadhurst
UnPresidented
My 2021 has been made. Gripping, Witty and just Excellent!
I have always had a passion for politics, US to be specific. I find it fascinating and this book was exactly what I was hoping for it to be. With everythin... READ MORE
Connor Smyth
UnPresidented
Unpresidented
Truly unpresidented,Sopel does a wonderful job on this, very open minded, with a nice low key anti Trump strain running through it, couldn’t put it down. H... READ MORE
Paul Holland
UnPresidented
Sopel's election saunter
I picked that title for the review as an ironic observation on Jon Sopel's harum scarum trip through a year in American politics. And not just any old ordi... READ MORE
Geoff Manger
UnPresidented
Over and out!
We finally reach the end of Jon Sopel's three very readable books on Donald Trump. It is such a relief to no longer have him in the White House. As the b... READ MORE
Tyneside Ted
UnPresidented
Best political book I've read
An engaging and detailed account of the Presidential race and the impacts of Corona on the political landscape. Really enjoyed reading it and it definitely... READ MORE
Emily Beasley
UnPresidented
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In UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel presents a diary of an election like we've n... READ MORE
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