Books about political scoundrels

Sam Coates, political correspondent for the London Times, named six top books about political scoundrels earlier this month.The list is of course U.K.-centric, and a mix of the factual and fictional.Number six on Coates' list:House of Cards by Michael Dobbs Francis Urquhart would stop at nothing to become PM in Thatcher-era satire.I haven't read the book, but the television version is brilliant