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Memoirs - Douglas Hurd

Description: ISBN 0349118280 / Author: Douglas Hurd / Genre: Biography / Publisher: Abacus

Newest Review: ... Office as a mandarin, travelling the word and starting on the ladder of being an ambassador. he goes through the times he ... more

... spent, with many stories of his experiences during those years. It was actually hard not to feel jealous of the very many experiences which he has gone through in such diverse parts of the world. I was also uanware of just how many fiction books that he had written in conjunction with Andrew Osmond, and on his own accord. Indeed, Douglas Hurd has written numerous books throughout his life, not just works of political biography, but also political fiction which has been generally well received. I would say at this s...more

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Memoirs - Douglas Hurd: Douglas Hurd writes the story of his political life (1585 words)
by julwhite - written on 01/04/08 (Very useful, 32 readings)
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"Memoirs" is the auto-biography of the former Conservative politician, Douglas Hurd. The book was published in 2003 by Little, Brown of London and the ISBN is 0316861472. The paperback version was published the year after and retails at 12.99 pounds but is available currently from Amazon for 9.09 pounds. Douglas Hurd was a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1997, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1984 to 1985, Home Secretary from 1985 to 1989 and the Foreign Secretary from 1989 until his resignation in 1995. Following his departure from the House of Commons in 1997 he was elevated to the Peerage as Baron Hurd of Westwell. In ...

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