This absorbing biography of the leader of the Conservative party is even-handed and eminently readable. Well researched by political journalists Francis Elliott and James Hanning, it fleshes out the details of Cameron's background: an elite prep school followed by Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford; a world of nannies and old money. His reasonably smooth rise to the top is also well documented, though the writers take care to show that other factors have shaped his life and the section on the short life of his son, Ivan, is sensitively handled. Cameron's ability to appear comfortable in most situations is repeatedly stressed but by the end, the Tory leader remains something of an enigma.