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The fringes of power

Downing Street diaries 1939-1955

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The fringes of power
Colville, John Rupert Sir.
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An edition of The fringes of power (1985)

The fringes of power

Downing Street diaries 1939-1955

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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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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Language
English
Pages
738

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Subjects
Biography, Diaries, Diplomats, Foreign relations, Private secretaries, World War, 1939-1945, Great britain, politics and government, 20th century
People
John Rupert Colville Sir
Places
Great Britain
Times
1936-1945, 1945-1964

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The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries 1939-1955
2004, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries 1939-1955
1986, Sceptre
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The fringes of power: 10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Norton
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The fringes of power: 10 Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Norton
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The fringes of power: Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955
1985, Hodder and Stoughton
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London

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Previous ed.: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1985.

Genre
Diaries.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
941.082092, 941.084092
Library of Congress
DA585.C6 A35 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 738 p. ;
Number of pages
738

ID Numbers

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OL22719250M
ISBN 10
0297847589
Library Thing
268232
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776636

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