The fringes of power : Downing Street diaries, 1939-1955 /

At the outset of the Second World War, John Colville was seconded from the Foreign Office to No. 10 Downing Street. There he served three Prime Ministers - Neville Chamberlain and Clement Attlee briefly, and for most of the time, Winston Churchill. This is his diary of those years and the post war y...

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Main Author: Colville, John Rupert Sir (συγγραφέας.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Hodder and Stoughton, c1985.
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Summary:At the outset of the Second World War, John Colville was seconded from the Foreign Office to No. 10 Downing Street. There he served three Prime Ministers - Neville Chamberlain and Clement Attlee briefly, and for most of the time, Winston Churchill. This is his diary of those years and the post war years when he was seconded again to be Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth. 1985
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Physical Description:796 σ. : εικ., χάρτες ; 24 εκ.
ISBN:0340382961