Once a Jolly Bagman: Memoirs

by Alistair Mc Alpine (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.27

  The sparkling memoir of Alistar McAlpine,scion of the construction firm that bears his surname.He has had an unusual life.He was a confidant of Mrs Thatcher for much of her time as Prime Minister,and the treasurer of the Conservative Party.He has been a patron of the visual arts as well a breeder of sheep and a zoo keeperin Australia.His memoirs promise to include a no holds barred account of Mrs Thatchers administrations seen from the inside.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $4.36

  As the Treasurer of the Conservative Party throughout the Thatcher years, Alistair McAlpine became a close friend and a trusted adviser of the Prime Minister. From his unique vantage point he gives an insider's view on the differing emotions of those years. In ONCE A JOLLY BAGMAN he turns the Tory party of Thatcher inside out with astonishing candour and wit.