Diaries ebook

by Author,Alan Clark

Alan Clark kept a regular diary from 1955 until August 1999 (during his second spell as a Member of Parliament) when he was incapacitated due to the onset of the brain tumour which was to be the cause of his death a month later. The last month of his life would be chronicled by his wife, Jane. Volume 1 Diaries: In Power 1983–1992 (1993). Volume 2 Diaries: Into Politics 1972–1982 (2000). Volume 3 Diaries: The Last Diaries 1993–1999 (2002).

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 – 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 – 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and Defence. He became a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1991. He was the author of several books of military history, including his controversial work The Donkeys (1961), which inspired the musical satire Oh, What a Lovely War!

Alan Clark, educated at Eton and Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practise.

Alan Clark, educated at Eton and Oxford, read for the Bar but did not practise. Tory MP for Plymouth Sutton 1972-1992; Kensington and Chelsea, 1997-99. Various junior ministerial appointments in the Margaret Thatcher and John Major governments of the 1980s. With those earlier Clark diaries (the Thatcher years, the early MP years, the final years) you always got the idea that Clark himself was selecting the entries for tartness, salaciousness, and oblique, obscure humor. Well of course he was, at least for the first two volumes (I recall he also provided phony "diary pages" to dress up the inside covers, or maybe it was the flyleaves).

Alan Clark has been lunching with Frank Johnson, then, and now again, a parliamentary sketch writer. Johnson seems to be less interested in talking about the Conservative Party than in Clark's views about the Nazis. Yes, I told him, I was a Nazi; I really believed it to be the ideal system, and that it was a disaster for the Anglo-Saxon races and for the world that it was extinguished.

Alan Clark’s most popular book is Barbarossa. Showing 30 distinct works. Barbarossa by. Alan Clark.

The unknown life of Alan Clark, celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial . He is best remembered for his sensational diaries - but what of the man? Alan Clark rarely spoke about his upbringing, even to his family.

The unknown life of Alan Clark, celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister in Mrs Thatcher's governments. Celebrated diarist, famous womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister - a castle-owning toff and lecherous cad to some, to others a colourful and life-enhancing figure - Alan Clark was politically incorrect before the term was invented.

Alan Clark describes his election to the Commons in the 1974 general election; his years . The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES

Alan Clark describes his election to the Commons in the 1974 general election; his years as a backbencher coincide with Edward Heath as PM, his downfall and the arrival of Margaret Thatcher. The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES. INTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark's selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor's old seat in Plymouth (rival candidates included future Conservative luminaries Michael Howard and Norman Fowler).

Alan Clark Diaries (1993, 2000 and 2002) by Alan Clark. The intimate revelations and anecdotes demonstrate the author’s proximity to the President and give a devastatingly opposing view of the people’s Clinton.

On these cassettes you can hear Eton-educated Alan Clark recount his journal entries from 1983, the year his father, Lord (Kenneth) Clark died, to the moment when he became subject to the Privy Council oath in February 1991. He relates of his love for Saltwood and his family, his relationship with the Lady, his feud with T.K. at the M.O.D., his world travels, his opinions, at times contemptuous, of his colleagues, and his dalliances with pretty girls.

Lanionge

Alan Clark was only a moderately successful politician, but he ranks with Harold Nicolson as one of the best British political diarists this century. Clark was a wealthy (but not aristocratic) Tory MP under Margaret Thatcher (whose ankles he praises) rising to Minsister of State for Defence Procurement frustatingly short of the Cabinet. His diaries record his hopes, fears, lusts, successes and failures (including memorably the occasion when he addressed Parliament when drunk). His account of Thatcher's fall is gripping. You need a good grasp of British politics in the 80's to understand all the nuances, but anyone can enjoy this candid record. Sadly his recent death may deprive us of volume 2.

Uscavel

This is funnier than "Yes Minister" and is a memoir of a real minister. Very incisive comments by Clark, critical of many, praising others. Makes a cabinet minister of pedigree and lineage look like a real person, showing the great difficulty of an elected official in changing the course of the "ship of state". It really appears that this is a private memoir now made public - seems totally fresh and honest. A very good read.

BroWelm

A few years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Alan Clark's Diaries. His father, Kenneth Clark, was quite rich and owned a lot of property. In the Diaries, Alan clearly stated that he wanted to inherit every bit of his father's estate. Who wouldn't?

Alan was a political conservative. Conservatives believe that wealth should pass on from parent to child, which would seem only fair. But if that happened, the rich would get richer and the poor would get poorer. Obviously, that would weaken the whole country, and that's one reason for inheritance taxes.

Now I understand! The highly intellectual, traditional, classical conservative philosophy is all based on greed and fear. Hundreds of years ago, in England and other countries, rich people feared losing their money. That was the beginning of conservatism.

Just plain old greed.