Chance Witness
An Outsider's Life in Politics
Seiten
2002
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Abridged edition
Penguin Audiobooks (Verlag)
9780141803449 (ISBN)
Penguin Audiobooks (Verlag)
9780141803449 (ISBN)
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Matthew Parris has enjoyed observer status at some major events in history, often from the sidelines, but sometimes from the scrum. Best-known as a political humourist, here he tells the story of his life - from the African bush to the Commons Press Gallery.
A frank autobiography by "The Times" columnist and ex-politican Matthew Parris. His childhood was spent on a variety of different countries as his engineer father moved jobs; Rhodesia, Cyprus, the Middle East and Jamaica. After Cambridge and Yale, he joined the Conservative central office at roughly the same time (aged 26) he discovered he was gay. He worked for Michael Dobbs, Chris Patten, and Mrs Thatcher (who famously fired him), before entering parliament himself. Part participant, part bystander, Matthew Parris describes what it was like to be so close to the centre and remain an outsider.
A frank autobiography by "The Times" columnist and ex-politican Matthew Parris. His childhood was spent on a variety of different countries as his engineer father moved jobs; Rhodesia, Cyprus, the Middle East and Jamaica. After Cambridge and Yale, he joined the Conservative central office at roughly the same time (aged 26) he discovered he was gay. He worked for Michael Dobbs, Chris Patten, and Mrs Thatcher (who famously fired him), before entering parliament himself. Part participant, part bystander, Matthew Parris describes what it was like to be so close to the centre and remain an outsider.
Born in Johannesburg and raised in South Africa, Cyprus and Swaziland, after leaving Cambridge Matthew Parris wandered into the Foreign Office, and then became an assistant in Margaret Thatcher's Private Office. He then spent seven years as a Conservative MP before quitting Parliament to present a television programme. He now writes for The Times and the Spectator and appears regularly on television and radio.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.10.2002 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 110 x 138 mm |
| Gewicht | 127 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780141803449 / 9780141803449 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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