Book description
The most outspoken and revealing account of British political life
every written. Cabinet colleagues, royalty, 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. Alan Clark, MP for Plymouth (Sutton) 1974-1992 and
Kensington and Chelsea, (1997-1999, was Minister of Trade, 1986-1989,
and Mister of State, Minister of Defence, 1989-1992. He was married with
two sons and lived at Saltwood Castle, Kent. He died in 1999. Ion Trewin
is a London publisher. Originally a journalist and Literary Editor of
THE TIMES (1972-79), he changed gear and into publishing in 1980. He was
Alan Clark's editor and publisher from 1992 until his death, and has
edited three volumes of Alan Clark's diaries, and written an acclaimed
biography of the MP. Married with a son and daughter, he has since 2006
been literary director of the MAN BOOKER PRIZE. He was chairman of the
Cheltenham Literature Festival 1996-2007.
