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===Novels and Television=== Michael Dobbs' writing career began in 1989 with the publication of ''House of Cards'', the first in what would become a trilogy of political thrillers with [[Francis Urquhart]] as the central character; ''House of Cards'' was followed by ''To Play the King'' in 1992 and ''The Final Cut'' in 1994. In 1990, ''House of Cards'' was turned into [[House of Cards (British TV series)|a BBC television mini-series]] which received 14 [[BAFTA]] nominations and two BAFTA wins and was voted the 84th Best British Show in History.<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Lunch - Baroness (Anne) Jenkin in conversation with Lord (Michael) Dobbs|url=http://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/london-events/literary-lunches/?art=15531|publisher=Wellbeing of Women|access-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003052136/http://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/events/london-events/literary-lunches/?art=15531|archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> [[Netflix]] produced [[House of Cards (American TV series)|an American version]] based upon Dobbs's first novel and its BBC adaptation. He was an executive producer of the American series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/house-of-cards-netflix |title=House of Cards |publisher=Peabodyawards.com |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref> His novel, ''Winston's War'' (2004), was shortlisted for the [[Channel 4]] Political Book of the Year Award, and his Harry Jones novels, ''A Sentimental Traitor'' and ''A Ghost at the Door'', for the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014, respectively. His novels are also published in the United States, China and many other countries. In 2024 his novel ''The Lords' Day'' (2007) was chosen by Her Majesty Queen Camilla for inclusion in [[The Queen's Reading Room]], where it was described as "An entirely gripping and amazingly authentic thriller about what happens when the State Opening of Parliament really doesn’t go to plan."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thequeensreadingroom.co.uk/books/the-lords-day/ | title=The Lords' Day }}</ref> In 2009 Dobbs’ play, ''Turning Point'', about the meeting between Winston Churchill and [[Soviet]] spy, [[Guy Burgess]], was broadcast by Sky Arts TV, starring [[Matthew Marsh (actor)|Matthew Marsh]] and [[Benedict Cumberbatch]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8862684/ | title=The Turning Point | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> and won a Broadcasting Press Guild Award. [[Anthony Howard (journalist)|Anthony Howard]] of ''[[The Times]]'' said "Dobbs is following in a respectable tradition. [[Shakespeare]], [[Walter Scott]], even [[Tolstoy]], all used historical events as the framework for their writings. And, unlike some of their distinguished works, Dobbs's novel [''Winston's War''] is, in fact, astonishingly historically accurate".{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} [[Gyles Brandreth]] in the ''[[Sunday Express]]'' said "Michael Dobbs does for Westminster skulduggery what Agatha Christie did for the country house murder."{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
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