Boris Johnson, the controversial former prime minister of the U.K., will tell the story of his time at 10 Downing Street in a new memoir, the Guardian reports.
Johnson’s book will be published by HarperCollins in both the U.K. and the U.S., with the British edition of the book set for release by William Collins, an imprint of the publisher. Arabella Pike, the imprint’s publishing director, said the book will be a “prime ministerial memoir like no other.”
Johnson, a member of the Conservative Party, worked as a journalist and author before beginning his career in politics in 2001, winning a seat in the House of Commons. He served as mayor of London from 2008 to 2016, and in 2019 became prime minister of the U.K.
His three-year term as the U.K.’s head of government was ended by the so-called “Partygate” scandal, which involved a series of gatherings held by Conservative Party members during the Covid-19 pandemic. The parties ran afoul of the country’s lockdown regulations and caused his approval rating to decline. He resigned in September of 2022.
Johnson is the author of several previous books, including Lend Me Your Ears, Seventy-Two Virgins, Johnson’s Life of London, and The Churchill Factor.
“I look forward to working with Boris Johnson as he writes his account of his time in office during some of the most momentous events the United Kingdom has seen in recent times,” Pike said.
There’s no publication date or title for Johnson’s memoir yet, according to the Guardian.
Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.
