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Portraits and Miniatures

✍ Scribed by Jenkins, Roy

Book ID
107721368
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
234 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781448203215

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✦ Synopsis

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. ϑ쯦랠

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