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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Clark's unvarnished and irreverent account of Conservative politics during the Thatcher years is a casket filled with pearls. He is unflinching in his criticism of friends, 'enemies' and principally himself. What is most admirable is that he does so with wit and a gift for storytelling that is more usual in a novelist than a diarist. Clark's sardonic tone and conscious abrasiveness of manner are often a mask for worldly wisdom and common sense. The insights he provides into himself, society and the 'business' of politics are both fascinating and rewarding. ( )
The best insight I have ever read into how we are really governed.
AINTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark¿s selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor¿s old seat in Plymouth (rival candidates included future Conservative luminaries Michael Howard and Norman Fowler). Alan Clark describes his election to the Commons in the 1974 general election; his years as a backbencher coincide with Edward Heath as PM, his downfall and the arrival of Margaret Thatcher. This volume ends with the inside story of the Falklands War. In his private life Alan and his wife Jane and their two young sons take over Saltwood Castle, previously the home of his father Kenneth (Civilisation) Clark. His enthusiasms for the estate, skiing, fast cars and girls are never far away. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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