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Portraits and Miniatures
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Portraits and Miniatures
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Roy Jenkins
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:404 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary essays
Literary theory |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781448203215
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| Classifications | Dewey:320.51 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Reader
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| Publication Date |
15 November 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In Portraits and Miniatures, Roy Jenkins brings his penetrating intelligence and elegant prose to subjects ranging from literature and political history to wine and croquet. Long experience in both Houses of Parliament and as President of the European Commission has given him unparalleled insight into political figures such as R. A. Butler, Aneurin Bevan, Konrad Adenauer, and de Gaulle. A varied selection of essays, Portraits and Miniatures is fascinating, witty, and endlessly entertaining.
Author Biography
Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, Jenkins (1920- 2003) served in several major posts in Harold Wilson's First Government and as Home Secretary from 1965-1967. In 1987, Jenkins was elected to succeed Harold Macmillan as Chancellor of the University of Oxford following the latter's death, a position he held until his death. Jenkins grew to political maturity during the twilight of a great age of British parliamentary democracy. As much as Churchill, though in quite a different way, Jenkins has been from the cradle a creature of the system that nurtured Palmerston and Disraeli, Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George.
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