Taken on Trust - Hardcover

Waite, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340581964 ISBN 13: 9780340581964

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993

Synopsis

This autobiography describes the hours before and after Terry Waite was taken hostage in January 1987 in Beirut. Waite analyzes his thoughts and feelings immediately prior to captivity - what was the nature of his role as envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury? What was his relationship with the Americans and Colonel Oliver North? The book looks at Waite from his upbringing in Styal, Cheshire, until after his release in November 1991, when he had become one of the best-known figures of his time. It is an account of his years in solitary confinement and of the inner strengths which enabled him to survive. The book will be published to coincide with a two-hour BBC documentary to be shown in October 1993.

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Review:

There is an enviable directness, strength and even holiness about Terry Waite...He has added a new chapter, bringing his story up to date, and reflecting briefly on the current state of the Middle East. (The Telegraph)

Mr Waite was held captive, mostly in solitary confinement, chained and often blindfolded, for 1,763 days before his release on 18 November 1991. Now aged 77, he returned to the former RAF base where his plane landed, and where he stayed for several weeks as he began to get his life back to normal. (BBC News)

Fascinating account of a brave man...his experience gives him the right to be listened to when he pleads for the establishment of trust between ordinary people of different races, cultures and religions. (Reform Magazine)

Waite's compelling autobiography...a moving account of Waite's 1,763 days in captivity. (The Church Newspaper)

As powerful today as it was as it was when first read in the 1990s...The new introduction written for the updated version of his work perhaps offers the clearest insight into his motivation. (Life and Work Magazine –)

Compelling reading. (Families First)

Taken on Trust can be read as a historical document...but more interestingly, I think it can be read as a meditation on faith and an exploration of the mystery of God. (The Door)

Book Description:

New edition of Terry Waite's seminal memoir, celebrating 25 years since his release - with a new foreword and final chapter

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0340581964
• ISBN 13: 9780340581964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370