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Beschreibung

Ken Clarke has had a ringside seat in British politics for almost five decades, though his position on the left of the Conservative party led Margaret Thatcher to question his true blue credentials and his passionate commitment to the European project cost him the leadership not once but three times. In this long-awaited memoir, Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class boy to high political office; his trenchant observations and candid account of life both in and out of government will enthral readers of all political persuasions. Vivid, witty and forthright, and taking its title not only from his politics but from his beloved Miles Davis, Kind of Blue is political memoir at its very best.

'Like a fine old wine, this book is to be savoured . . . It is resplendent with amusing anecdotes and it leaves the reader wanting more' Iain Dale

'Vivid . . . full of amusing pen portraits of Clarke's political colleagues' The Times

'Amid a sea of plastic politicians, Ken Clarke stands out as a man who put his principles before power - as his all too human memoir reveals' Daily Mail

'Vivid and detailed . . . it is hard not to finish it with a sense that Clarke had the unusual quality of mostly having been right about anything he set his mind to' Spectator

Ken Clarke has had a ringside seat in British politics for almost five decades, though his position on the left of the Conservative party led Margaret Thatcher to question his true blue credentials and his passionate commitment to the European project cost him the leadership not once but three times. In this long-awaited memoir, Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class boy to high political office; his trenchant observations and candid account of life both in and out of government will enthral readers of all political persuasions. Vivid, witty and forthright, and taking its title not only from his politics but from his beloved Miles Davis, Kind of Blue is political memoir at its very best.

'Like a fine old wine, this book is to be savoured . . . It is resplendent with amusing anecdotes and it leaves the reader wanting more' Iain Dale

'Vivid . . . full of amusing pen portraits of Clarke's political colleagues' The Times

'Amid a sea of plastic politicians, Ken Clarke stands out as a man who put his principles before power - as his all too human memoir reveals' Daily Mail

'Vivid and detailed . . . it is hard not to finish it with a sense that Clarke had the unusual quality of mostly having been right about anything he set his mind to' Spectator

Über den Autor
Born in Nottingham in 1940, Ken Clarke was educated at Nottingham High School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied law and was called to the bar in 1963. In 1970, at the age of twenty-nine, he became MP for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, a seat he has held ever since. He held many ministerial posts in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet, including Secretary of State for Health and Secretary of State for Education. He subsequently served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under John Major and Secretary of State for Justice and Minister without Portfolio under David Cameron. He lives in London and Nottinghamshire.
Zusammenfassung
The long-awaited memoirs of Ken Clarke, MP
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781509837205
ISBN-10: 1509837205
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Clarke, Ken
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 128 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Clarke
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2017
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
Artikel-ID: 108388147

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