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Alan Clark: The Biography

Author : Ion Trewin
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297857827
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Alan Clark: The Biography written by Ion Trewin and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unknown life of Alan Clark, celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister in Mrs Thatcher's governments. Celebrated diarist, famous womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister - a castle-owning toff and lecherous cad to some, to others a colourful and life-enhancing figure - Alan Clark was politically incorrect before the term was invented. He is best remembered for his sensational diaries - but what of the man? Alan Clark rarely spoke about his upbringing, even to his family. Was it as unhappy as he hinted? Ion Trewin has had unrestricted access to extensive family papers (including twenty years of unpublished diaries). He has talked to politicians, to those who knew him at the prep school which burnt down, to friends at Eton and Oxford, and to some of the many women he found impossible to resist despite a loving marriage of forty-one years. From his struggles to teach himself to write to formidable historian and diarist, from his enthusiasm for Margaret Thatcher to the 'drunk at the Commons dispatch box' affair, ALAN CLARK THE BIOGRAPHY is a revealing and absorbing account of a remarkable and unforgettable man.

Alan Clark: The Biography

Author : Ion Trewin
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297857827
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Alan Clark: A Life in His Own Words

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780220359
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Alan Clark: A Life in His Own Words written by Alan Clark and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume. 'From the moment the first scabrous and brilliant volume was published, people wanted more. Now they have it and they will not be disappointed... These diaries are not wonderful simply because they show a politician unafraid to say what he thinks, and refusing to suck up to those whom he represents. They are great because they show all sides of a man who was, within his complex personality, arrogant, sensitive, loyal, unfaithful, patriotic, selfish, selfless, and - at all times - completely Technicolour' Simon Heffner, DAILY MAIL

Diaries

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780221282
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Diaries written by Alan Clark and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES. INTO 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.

Alan Clark: The Diaries 1972 - 1999

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753826737
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Alan Clark: The Diaries 1972 - 1999 written by Alan Clark and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume. 'From the moment the first scabrous and brilliant volume was published, people wanted more. Now they have it and they will not be disappointed... These diaries are not wonderful simply because they show a politician unafraid to say what he thinks, and refusing to suck up to those whom he represents. They are great because they show all sides of a man who was, within his complex personality, arrogant, sensitive, loyal, unfaithful, patriotic, selfish, selfless, and - at all times - completely Technicolour' Simon Heffner, DAILY MAIL

The Last Diaries

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780221304
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Last Diaries written by Alan Clark and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'With his Diaries, he has written himself into the life of our times with a panache and candour that ranks him next to Boswell or Pepys' The Times The first two volumes of Alan Clark's were irresistible, irreverent, infamous, outrageous. This last volume is a fitting finale to the work of a man who has been described as 'the best diarist of his century'. The third volume begins in 1991 with Alan Clark contemplating quitting as an MP. Life at Saltwood Castle, his home, hangs heavy; then comes the Scott inquiry and the Matrix Churchill affair. Publication of the first volume of the Diaries leads 'the coven', a family of former girlfriends, to sell their story to the NEWS OF THE WORLD. This volume follows his attempts to return to Westminster, an affair that threatens his marriage, and closes with the tragedy of his final months when he is diagnosed with a brain tumour, but keeps his diary until he can no longer focus on the page.

The Tories

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780753807651
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Tories written by Alan Clark and published by Orion. This book was released on 1999 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the better part of this century the Conservatives have been the governing political party of Britain. During that period the country has fallen in stature by virtually every criterion of measurement which can be applied. Yet the primary objective of the Conservative Party, or so it claims and its supporters believe, is to advance and protect the interests of the British Nation-State. How are we to understand its catastrophic and repetitious failure, over practically the whole of this period, to achieve that objective?

A View From The Foothills

Author : Chris Mullin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651860
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book A View From The Foothills written by Chris Mullin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is said that failed politicians make the best diarists. In which case I am in with a chance.' Chris Mullin Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention, for example - he has held several prominent posts. To the apoplexy of the whips, he was for a time the only person appointed to government who voted against the Iraq War. He also chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a member of the Parliamentary Committee, giving him direct access to the court of Tony Blair. Irreverent, wry and candid, Mullin's keen sense of the ridiculous allows him to give a far clearer insight into the workings of Government than other, more overtly successful politicians. He offers humorous and incisive takes on all aspects of political life: from the build-up to Iraq, to the scandalous sums of tax-payers' money spent on ministerial cars he didn't want to use. His critically acclaimed diary will entertain and amuse far beyond the political classes.

Alan Clarke

Author : Richard T. Kelly
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571278868
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Alan Clarke written by Richard T. Kelly and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke. Yet Clarke enjoyed only a vague renown among the public, even though some of his most incendiary productions - Scum, The Firm, Made in Britain - attracted great controversy. But he was greatly admired by his fellow professionals: 'He became the best of all of us', Stephen Frears observed after Clarke's untimely death in 1990. In his work Clarke explored working-class lives and left-wing themes with unflinching directness and humour. He forged alliances with gifted writers and producers, and his facility for encouraging stunning performaces (from Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Ray Winstone) made him a hero amongst actors. As a man, Clarke's wit, vigour and generosity were legendary. Yet he retained a privacy which made him enigmatic and imbued his work with much of its austere radiance. This volume is a tribute to Clarke, made out of the thoughts and memories of those who worked with him and knew him best, and includes a celebatory essay by eminent critic, David Thomson.

Mrs. Thatcher's Minister

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mrs. Thatcher's Minister written by Alan Clark and published by Farrar Straus Giroux. This book was released on 1994 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already a best-seller in England, these scandalous diaries by a former cabinet minister reveal the inner workings of Britain's government under the reign of the Iron Lady.

Educated Ranting

Author : Brad Alan Clark
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480954225
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Educated Ranting written by Brad Alan Clark and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educated Ranting: B.A.C. Precious Speeches By: Brad Alan Clark Educated Ranting: B.A.C. Precious Speeches is a book that spans many different genres – education, self-improvement, current events, and more, all presented with relevant and personal short stories from author Brad Alan Clark’s life. The overall theme of this work is to challenge readers to learn about every subject in his or her life. Living life and all the situations, events, and encounters prompted Mr. Clark to write the book. His wish is that all who read the words of this work will be able to find and live a better life.

My Week with Marilyn

Author : Colin Clark
Publisher : Weinstein Books
ISBN 13 : 1602861501
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book My Week with Marilyn written by Colin Clark and published by Weinstein Books. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine sneaking away to spend seven days with the most famous woman in the world… In 1956, fresh from Oxford University, twenty-three-year-old Colin Clark began work as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe. The blonde bombshell and the legendary actor were ill suited from the start. Monroe, on honeymoon with her new husband, the celebrated playwright Arthur Miller, was insecure, often late, and heavily medicated on pills. Olivier, obsessively punctual, had no patience for Monroe and the production became chaotic. Clark recorded it all in two unforgettable diaries—the first a charming fly-on-the- wall account of life as a gofer on the set; the other a heartfelt, intimate, and astonishing remembrance of the week Clark spent escorting Monroe around England, earning the trust and affection of one of the most desirable women in the world. Published together here for the first time, the books are the basis for the upcoming major motion picture My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams, Judi Dench, and Kenneth Branagh. England was abuzz when Monroe arrived to shoot The Prince and the Showgirl. She hoped working with the legendary Olivier would give her acting further credibility, while he hoped the film would give his career a boost at the box office and some Hollywood glamour. But Monroe, feeling abandoned when Miller left the country for Paris, became difficult on the set. Clark was perceptive in his assessment of what seemed to be going wrong in Monroe's life: too many hangers-on, intense insecurity, and too many pills. Olivier, meanwhile, was impatient and condescending toward her. At a certain point, feeling isolated and overwhelmed, Monroe turned her attention to Clark, who gave her comfort and solace. Before long, she escaped the set and a remarkable true adventure took place. Monroe and Clark spent an innocent week together in the English countryside and Clark became her confidant and ally. And, like any man would be expected to, he fell a bit in love. Clark understood how best to handle Monroe and became Olivier's only hope of getting the film finished. Before long, young Colin was in over his head, and his heart may well have been broken by the world's biggest movie star. A beguiling memoir that reads like a fable, My Week with Marilyn is above all a love letter to one of our most enduring icons.

Diaries: In Power

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780221290
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Diaries: In Power written by Alan Clark and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of Alan Clark's bestselling DIARIES, covering the downfall of Margaret Thatcher The first volume of Alan Clark's diaries, covering two Parliaments during which he served under Margaret Thatcher - until her ousting in a coup which Clark observed closely from the inside - and then under John Major, constitute the most outspoken and revealing account of British political life ever written. Cabinet colleagues, royalty, ambassadors, civil servants and foreign dignitaries are all subjected to Clark's vivid and often wittily acerbic pen, as he candidly records the daily struggle for ascendancy within the corridors of power.

The Eastern Front, 1914-18

Author : Alan Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781900624237
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book The Eastern Front, 1914-18 written by Alan Clark and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes in clear terms the campaigns which provoked the downfall of three empires and left the world changed forever.

Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior

Author : Allen B. Clark
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760331132
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior written by Allen B. Clark and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was early morning, June 17, 1967, and Dak To Special Forces camp in Vietnam was under attack. A mortar exploded, and West Point graduate Allen B. Clark Jr.'s life was changed forever. This is the story of how one soldier, so gravely injured that both of his legs were amputated, turned his grievous loss into a personal triumph. Clark describes his struggle through a year-long recovery and a severe bout of post traumatic stress disorder, so little understood at the time. He tells of earning his MBA from Southern Methodist University and finding employment as a personal financial assistant to Ross Perot, of moving on to public service and founding the Combat Faith Ministry, a lay ministry to veterans. Clark's story of growth and spiritual fulfillment wrested from his wartime tragedy is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and is of special relevance in our day of so many soldiers returning wounded in body and spirit from Iraq.

The Sociology of Healthcare

Author : Alan Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317864530
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Healthcare written by Alan Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sociology of Healthcare, Second Edition explores the impact of current social changes on health, illness and healthcare, and provides an overview of the fundamental concerns in these areas. This new edition features a brand new chapter entitled End of Life which will help health and social care workers to respond with confidence to one of the most difficult and challenging areas of care. The End of Life chapter includes information on changing attitudes to death, theories of death and dying, and palliative care. All chapters have been thoroughly updated to address diversity issues such as gender, ethnicity and disability. In addition, expanded and updated chapters include Childhood and Adolescence and Health Inequalities. The text is further enhanced through the use of case studies that relate theory to professional practice, and discussion questions to aid understanding. Links to websites direct the reader to further information on health, social wellbeing and government policies. This book is essential reading for all students of healthcare including nursing, medicine, midwifery and health studies and for those studying healthcare as part of sociology, social care and social policy degrees. In an age when health policy follows an individualist model of personal responsibility this book by Alan Clarke demonstrates with a vast array of evidence, just how much there is such a thing as society. An excellent overall book.Dr. Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University

Writing Early American History

Author : Alan Taylor
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812219104
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Writing Early American History written by Alan Taylor and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is American history written? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor answers this question in this collection of his essays from The New Republic, where he explores the writing of early American history.