View from the Sidelines
View from the Sidelines
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The great and the good, the powerful and the feared end up, to misquote Enoch Powell, "lonely, bitter and alone at home". In A View from the Sidelines, Michael Shea offers a behind-the-scenes account of his years with presidents, monarchs, captains of industry, film stars, secret agents and their hangers-on.
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View from the Sidelines by Michael Shea
The great and the good, the powerful and the feared end up, to misquote Enoch Powell, "lonely, bitter and alone at home". In A View from the Sidelines, Michael Shea offers a behind-the-scenes account of his years with presidents, monarchs, captains of industry, film stars, secret agents and their hangers-on.
Michael Shea is a former diplomat and was Press Secretary to the Queen for ten years. He is currently Deputy Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh. His diplomatic career took him all over the world. He has published many works of fiction and non-fiction, including To Lie Abroad: A View of Diplomacy (Sinclair Stevenson, 1996) and the primacy effect (Orion, 1998)
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780750932455 |
| ISBN 10 | 0750932457 |
| Title | View from the Sidelines |
| Author | Michael Shea |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-06-19 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |