Diaries - Hardcover

Clark, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297813528 ISBN 13: 9780297813521

Publisher: W&N, 1993

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Engagingly written in a light-hearted style which transfers effortlessly to tape.
With the author reading his own words, we are given an enhanced personal account.

Book Description:

The long-awaited second volume of the century's most phenomenally successful political diaries.

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0297813528
• ISBN 13: 9780297813521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Trewin Ion