Mandelson to discuss book

"Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson will be at a sell-out event at the Book Festival tomorrow night to talk about his recently released memoirs.

The former Business Secretary, who had to resign twice from Tony Blair's government and was later brought back from Europe by Gordon Brown, angered former colleagues by reopening many of the conflicts and tensions at the heart of New Labour.

In the book, entitled The Third Man, he claims Mr Blair branded Mr Brown "mad, bad, dangerous and beyond redemption" and says his Cabinet comeback in October 2008 came about after Mr Brown pleaded: "Will you help me?"