Brief Lives - Hardcover
In this fascinating and eclectic selection of biographical sketches, Bill Deedes remembers some of the key figures of the twentieth century. Political heavyweights such as Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Anthony Eden are reassessed and reevalued, while record breakers such as Sir Edmund Hillary and Roger Bannister are shown to be far more than just their achievements. Deedes additionally looks at the lives of Imelda Marcos, Helen Suzman, Ian Smith, and more.
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W. F. Deedes is the only person ever to have been both a Cabinet Minister and a national newspaper editor. He was a minister in Harold Macmillan's administration and later became Editor of the Daily Telegraph. He appears on television and radio frequently and has recently run high profile anti-landmine campaigns. He is ninety years old and is the author of Dear Bill, his Fleet Street memoirs published by Pan Books.
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- PublisherMacmillan UK
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1405040858
- ISBN 13 9781405040853
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Reprint. BRIEF LIVES W. F. Deedes. Macmillan Publishing, London.2004 Reprint ISBN 1405040858 212pp Hardback. This copy is in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. As would be expected many of the people included come from the world of politics - Harold Macmillan, Stanley Baldwin and Nye Bevan to name just three - however Brief Lives concerns itself with far more than just the machinations of government. Such colourful literary figures as Noel Coward, Evelyn Waugh and John Betjeman put in an appearance, as do the newspaper magnates Lord Beaverbrook and Rupert Murdoch. Further a field, Bill's charity work led to a close relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, and later Victoria Beckham. Finally, and perhaps the most moving of the pieces, is the portrait of his friendship with Sir Denis Thatcher, who died in 2003. Like his previous books, Dear Bill and At War With Waugh, Brief Lives is an affectionate, perceptive and anecdotal book, bursting with life, humour and wit Ref U7. Seller Inventory # 005948
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