Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin

di Sherard Cowper-Coles (Autore)

William Collins, 2017

In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. For over 30 years Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic front line in a distinguished Foreign Office career that took him from the corridors of power in Whitehall to a string of high-profile posts across the globe. Entering the Foreign Office fresh from Oxford in 1977, he enjoyed a meteoric rise with postings in Beirut, Alexandria and Cairo, Washington, and Paris, and working on Hong Kong, punctuated with spells in London, where the young diplomat had a baptism of fire writing foreign affairs speeches for Geoffrey Howe and Margaret Thatcher. In 1999, he was made Principal Private Secretary to the irascible Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, providing the book with some of its most hilarious sequences, and his glittering career culminated in a succession of ambassadorial posts as Our Man in Israel, Saudi Arabia and finally Afghanistan. ‘Ever the Diplomat’ is his revealing, passionate and witty account of half a lifetime in diplomacy, which is set to become a classic of the genre. In his best-selling autobiography, Ever the Diplomat, Sherard Cowper-Coles offers a captivating insight into his life as a top diplomat. His political acumen and humorous anecdotes make this biography a compelling read for anyone interested in international diplomacy. For fans of Rory Stewart (Occupational Hazards), Robin Renwick (A True Statesman), Hillary Rodham Clinton (The Book of Gutsy Women), Stella Rimington (Open Secret), and Peter Westmacott (They Call It Diplomacy).

• Autore: Sherard Cowper-Coles
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 13:25:10
• Anno edizione: 2017
• Editore: William Collins
• EAN: 9780007490127

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