An edition of The fringes of power (1985)

The fringes of power

10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955

1st American ed.

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An edition of The fringes of power (1985)

The fringes of power

10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955

1st American ed.

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  • 5 Want to read

This is undeniably interesting but hopelessly long at nearly 700 pages of text. It covers about a 15 year period when the author was one of the secretaries to Winston Churchill, and for 4 or 5 years to Princess Elizabeth and then to Attlee, the British Prime Minster in the Labour Government of 1945-1951. The problem is that the writer was clearly immature at the start , when he was only about 24, and continued to be thoroughly dislikeable as an arrogant,unrepentant name-dropper, and an obvious a social climber. Whether he ever really matured is a moot point . I found myself reading down the middle of the page at a very early stage but did persevere to the end

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Norton
Language
English
Pages
796

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Biography, Diaries, Diplomats, Foreign relations, Private secretaries, World War, 1939-1945, Great britain, politics and government, 20th century, Diplomats, biography, World war, 1939-1945, great britain, Great britain, foreign relations, 20th century

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John Rupert Colville Sir

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Great Britain

Times

1936-1945, 1945-1964
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Cover of: The fringes of power
The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries 1939-1955
2004, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
in English - Rev. ed.
Cover of: The fringes of power
The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries 1939-1955
1986, Sceptre
in English
Cover of: The fringes of power
The fringes of power: 10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Norton
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The fringes of power
The fringes of power: 10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Norton
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The fringes of power
The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Hodder and Stoughton
in English

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Includes index.

117,984

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New York
Genre
Diaries

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Pagination
796 p., [12] p. of plates :
Number of pages
796

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OL23257979M
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fringesofpower1000colv
ISBN 10
0393022234
Library Thing
268232
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776637

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OL4933923W

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