Mr Wonderful Takes A Cruise by Sir John Nott
What happens when an ex-Tory MP and Senior Citizen decides to take a walk round modern London? Real London. Beyond Kensington & Chelsea. As far, even, as Tooting- It all started when Sir John Nott decided to take up ballroom dancing. He was due to take a cruise and he was sure there would be proper dancing. He looked up Ballroom Dancing in the Yellow Pages, as one does, and discovered the Mr Wonderful Ballroom Dancing Lunches. After one trip to a Mr Wonderful lunch in Bromley the onetime Defence Secretary was hooked. And so began an extraordinary odyssey, in which Sir John discovered a whole new side to Britain. Travelling from Bromley to Balham, Tottenham to the East End, he encountered a wholly new breed of Englishman. In the name of research he risked reconnaissance to China Whites, Spearmint Rhino and the Countryside March. His adventures are irreverent and hilarious, his targets as obvious as New Labour, the Tory conference and EU farming regulations, but his best moments come in places as surprisingly diverse as a white van, a happy-clappy church and Tooting market. A blue-blood Tory gets to grips with his country and has a lot of adventures on the way. A truly original book.- -'Who would have thought that John Nott had so much of interest to tell us.' Paul Routledge, Daily Mirror--'A superb memoir.' The Times--'John Nott's memoirs catch fire.' Douglas Hurd, Guardian
Sir John Nott is perhaps best known for his years as Defence Secretary during the Falklands war. He served with the Gurkhas in Malaya, worked for Warburg's in the city, became an MP in 1983 and then returned to the city as a chairman of Lazards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091898342 |
| ISBN 10 | 009189834X |
| Title | Mr Wonderful Takes A Cruise |
| Author | Sir John Nott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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