A Fortunate Life by Paddy Ashdown

A Fortunate Life by Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown s autobiography was hailed as one of the most readable and exciting political life stories ever written of all.

'Less a political autobiography than a real-life Dangerous Book for Boys, and all the better for itThis is more than anything else an adventure story. Fascinating and uplifting and genuinely, without irony, heroic, the sort of book you should read to your kids, just to let them know what can be done' -- Rod Liddle Sunday Times 'To anyone inclined to political cynicism, I would urge you to read this book. Ashdown emerges as a man of serious standing, a good man, a principled man, a man who commands your respect entirely' The Times '[An] action-packed, pacey, lyrical and sweetly honest book... This is the autobiography of a good man' -- Matthew Parris Spectator 'Even James Bond would put down Ashdown's A Fortunate Life and reflect that his own life seemed suddenly rather monochrome' Daily Telegraph

​Jeremy John Durham (Paddy) Ashdown, politician, born 27 February 1941; died 22 December 2018. Paddy Ashdown spent the first seventeen years of his adult life serving his country as an officer in the Royal Marine Commandos, a member of the Special Boat Service and as an employee of the €˜shadowy side' of the Foreign Office. He then went on to become Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil and leader of his party, and the international community's High Representative in war-torn Bosnia. He wrote two books for Aurum: A Brilliant Little Operation, which tells the story of the Cockleshell heroes of World War Two, and his autobiography, A Fortunate Life has been hailed as one of the most readable and exciting political life stories ever written.

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ISBN 13	9781845135225
ISBN 10	1845135229
Title	A Fortunate Life
Author	Paddy Ashdown
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2010-04-25
Number of pages	400
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