What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First Century. Signed Copy.

Patten, Chris:

ISBN 10: 0713998563 / ISBN 13: 9780713998566

Published by London: Allen Lane, 2008

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xii 490p hardback, black cloth with beige cover, very good condition, light wear and sticker to jacket, binding intact, pages clear and bright, a good pre-owned copy with the author's signature on the title page Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First Century. Signed Copy.
• Publisher: London: Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713998563
• ISBN 13: 9780713998566
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics

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xii 490p hardback, black cloth with beige cover, very good condition, light wear and sticker to jacket, binding intact, pages clear and bright, a good pre-owned copy with the author's signature on the title page

About the Author

Chris Patten is currently co-Chair of the International Crisis Group, on the Anglo-Indian Round Table, and Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities. As a British MP 1979-92 he served as Minister for Overseas Development, Secretary of State for the Environment and Chairman of the Conservative Party, being described afterwards as 'the best Tory Prime Minister we never had' (Observer). He is well known for being the last Governor of Hong Kong 1992-97, about which he wrote in East and West (1998). Both that and his most recent book, Not Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths about World Affairs (2005), were No 1 international best-sellers. He was made a Companion of Honour in 1998 and a life peer in 2005.