Pride and Perjury by Jonathan Aitken
In 1994, Jonathan Aitken was hotly tipped to succeed John Major as the next leader of the Conservative Party, but within a year he was buried beneath accusations of pimping, arms dealing and corruption. In this text, he tells his own story.
"One of the most amazing conversion stories I've read in recent years has been that of Jonathan Aitken, the former Tory MP" --Baptist Times
mention in Londoner's diary , 15 May 2009 * Evening Standard *
mention in Londoner's diary , 15 May 2009 * Evening Standard *
Jonathan Aitken is a former MP and cabinet minister. He is now an author, biographer and broadcaster.
In 1995, the court found him guilty of perjury in a celebrated case against the Guardian newspaper and he spent 18 months in Belmarsh Prison. He subsequently studied theology at Oxford and in 2019, he was ordained an Anglican priest. He is now a full-time prison chaplain in London.
He is the author of an award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon and has written a number of critically acclaimed books for Bloomsbury Continuum – including a bestselling life of Margaret Thatcher (2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826472748 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826472745 |
| Title | Pride and Perjury |
| Author | Jonathan Aitken |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2003-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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