Boris: Destination reached

In the summer of 2016, Boris Johnson's political career seemed to be over when he was accused of being a bad leader after the Brexit referendum. However, he was appointed Foreign Minister by the new Prime Minister Theresa May, a position he fulfilled with little success and gave up prematurely. He had his eyes on a bigger prize. Three years later, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. How did he manage to do that? Was it charisma, the new political relations or simply no one could stop him, not even him? And how will Boris fill his premiership? In Boris. Destination Reached, Patrick Bernhart reconstructs Johnson's rise to the highest political position in the country. Above all, he sketches a multi-coloured portrait of this phenomenon, of his Turkish roots, his numerous love affairs and his other hobbies such as Winston Churchill and cycling. Patrick Bernhart is the author of the bestseller Tom Dumoulin: Wielerlegende in wording. With Jan Maarten Slagter, he wrote De koud kermis van KPN. Bernhart lived in England for several years and closely follows developments on the island.