The Last Diaries: In and Out of the Wilderness: v. 3 - Rilegato

Clark, Alan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0297607146 ISBN 13: 9780297607144

Casa editrice: Orion, 2002

Riassunto

Alan Clark's acclaimed Diaries end a month before his death in 1999. After the first volume (30 weeks on the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller list), THE TIMES wrote: 'The best diarists, from Pepys and Boswell, to 'Chips' Channon and Harold Nicolson, have been the souls of indiscretion. But none so indiscreet as Mr Clark. For its Pooterish self-assessment, for Mr Toad's enthusiasm for new things, for Byron's caddishness, for its deadly candour, it is one of the great works in the genre.'
This third volume begins in 1991 with Alan Clark contemplating quitting as MP. Life at Saltwood Castle, his home in Kent, hangs heavy; then comes the Scott inquiry and the Matrix Churchill affair, the publishing of the first volume of the Diaries, which leads 'the coven', a family of former girlfriends, to sell their story to the NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The diaries follow his ongoing efforts to return to Westminster. As ever there is much, much more: his long-suffering wife Jane, his family, an affair that threatens his marriage, and, not least, the country life. This volume closes with the tragedy of his final months when he is diagnosed with a brain tumour, but he keeps his diary until he can no longer focus on the page.

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Descrizione del libro:

The third and final volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful political diaries. More than 500,000 copies sold so far.

L'autore:

Alan Clark, Tory MP for Sutton (Plymouth) 1974-92; for Kensington & Chelsea, 1997-99. Minister in Thatcher and Major governments, 1983-92. Historian (debut with THE DONKEYS). Married with two sons; lived at Saltwood Castle, Kent.
Ion Trewin, the editor, is a former literary editor of The Times. He is now editor in chief of a leading London publisher. He edited Alan Clark's DIARIES: INTO POLITICS

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0297607146
• ISBN 13: 9780297607144
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 406