Patrick Wright's memoir opens on a diplomatic crisis. A growing
number of countries are threatening to boycott the Commonwealth
Games in protest of the British government's handling of South
African apartheid. And the problems only get worse. Patrick Wright
was one of the pre-eminent diplomats of his day, putting him at the
forefront of some of the late twentieth century's most important
global events. His six years at the FCO found him dealing with the
backlash from the Falklands War, the collapse of the Soviet Union,
strained relations with the EU, the First Gulf War and, perhaps
most challenging of all, the `fire and glares' of Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher. Lord Wright's account is not only an essential
documentation of a significant historical period, but witty and
entertaining throughout. He revels in gossip, despairs at the
mischievous press `painting lurid pictures of Britain versus the
Rest', recalls numerous amusing scenarios and is rather brutal in
his assessment of various high- profile political figures.
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