Feely, Terence: Number 10: The private lives of six prime ministers

The book uses the historical setting of 10 Downing Street to explore the private lives of its famous occupants. Feely, a political journalist and later a screenwriter, focuses on what happens when these powerful men were simply being individuals, often focusing on their personal relationships and challenges. The stories are an anthology of sorts, centered around the common location rather than a single unifying character or story arc. 

The Prime Ministers covered in the book (and the subsequent TV series) include:

• Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister.
• William Pitt the Younger.
• The Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley).
• William Ewart Gladstone, whose unusual hobby of nocturnal walks to work with "fallen women" is discussed.
• Herbert Henry Asquith.
• David Lloyd George.
• James Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour Prime Minister, who faced unique social and financial challenges.