Avowed Intent: Autobiography Of Lord Longford

Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
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ISBN: 0751513652
Author: Lord Longford
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Frank Pakenham, the seventh Earl of Longford, was born in 1905 and has been at, or near, the epicentre of the British social and political life for most of the 20th century. In this, his autobiography, he looks back on his career with humour and humility, reflecting the contradictory nature of his background and interests. He covers his years as a socialite with the Astors at Cliveden in the 1920s; his political career as a Labour minister in the Attlee and Wilson governments; his fame, even his notoriety as a crusader against pornography and on behalf of penal reform and the treatment of young offenders. Lord Longford has known some of the most famous names of the 20th century, and the book contains personal insights about the writers in his own family, including Thomas Pakenham, Antonia Fraser, Rachel Billington and Elizabeth Longford

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