Getting Our Way
500 Years of Adventure and Intrigue: the Inside Story of British Diplomacy
$65.23
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2010
Summary
GETTING OUR WAY recounts nine stories from Britain’s diplomatic annals over the last five hundred years, in which the diplomats themselves are at the centre of the narrative. It is an inside account of their extraordinary experiences, sometimes in the face of physical danger, often at history’s hinge. Be it Henry Killigrew’s mission to Edinburgh in 1572, Castlereagh at the Congress of Vienna, Our Man in Washington and the Nassau Deal, or the handover of Hong Kong to China, we can see how Brit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753827161 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753827166 |
| Author: | Sir Christopher Meyer, Christopher Meyer |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
This enjoyable book, by Briatin’s former ambassador to Washington, consists of nine finely drawn studies of key diplomatic moments in British history.– OBSERVER
He writes well and his tone is engagingly sardonic…an admirable diplomatic primer. – Piers Brendon * SUNDAY TIMES *This enjoyable book, by Briatin’s former ambassador to Washington, consists of nine finely drawn studies of key diplomatic moments in British history. * OBSERVER *The former British ambassador to the US weaves an interesting tale of power, deception, betrayal, espionage, intrigue and cunning…a must-read book for any astute observer of modern diplomacy. * CATHOLIC HERALD *
About The Author
Sir Christopher Meyer
Sir Christopher Meyer served in Moscow, Madrid, Bonn, Brussels, the Foreign Office and in Number 10, before becoming Britain’s Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003. Knighted in 2001, he was the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission until April 2009.
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