Matthew Parris, Andrew Bryson

Broschiertes Buch

The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase

Stories from the Diplomatic Bag

Beschreibung

Heard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister John Major in Turkmenistan - which hapless embassy officials had to rescue from the clutches of the Moscow railway? This title deals with these questions.

Autor

After working in the Foreign Office then serving as a Conservative MP, Matthew Parris joined The Times in 1988. He writes two weekly columns for The Times and one for the Spectator, and in 2011 won the Best Columnist Award at the British Press awards. His acclaimed autobiography Chance Witness was published by Penguin in 2003. He is a frequent broadcaster. Andrew Bryson is a radio journalist working in the BBC's Business and Economic Unit. He frequently works as a producer on Radio 4's Today programme and on Radio 5 Live. Their first volume of diplomats' despatches, Parting Shots, is published by Penguin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780241957080
• ISBN-10: 0241957087
• Artikelnr.: 37555241