Confessions of an optimist / Woodrow Wyatt
London : Collins, 1985. 1st edition. Previous owner's signature in ink to the prelims. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443730
ISBN: 0002171708
Physical description; 364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; The beginnings breed ambition -- The headmaster dislikes me -- Paradise is Oxford -- An improbable soldier -- An ecstatic MP -- History in India -- Sparkling friends -- America and the American girl -- A split brings office -- The Bevanites' revenge -- TV and communists in the union -- A rift with Gaitskell -- Some dirty work -- The government shall not pass -- As one door closes -- A dream vanishes -- Pastures new. Subjects; Wyatt, Woodrow 1918-1997. Politicians Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964. Great Britain Politics Wyatt, Woodrow - Biographies.
Price: €10.95