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Author: Stanley JohnsonCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackPages: 400Publisher: Biteback PublishingYear: 2015ISBN: 9781849548373
Stanley Johnson: one-time spy, politician, animal rights crusader - and irresistibly brilliant raconteur. From his career as a Member of the European Parliament to his pioneering work saving the rainforests, Stanley Johnson's life has without doubt been one characterised by adventure.This second volume of rip-roaring and hilarious recollections from the man himself begins with him falling out of a tree on his fortieth birthday, then picks up where its acclaimed predecessor, Stanley, I Presume, left off. Along the way, we're treated to the sights of Stanley posing as a burglar, horrifying Margaret Thatcher with his cocktail party repartee, climbing Kilimanjaro (twice) and navigating the turbulent rapids of parenthood. Riotous and illuminating, Stanley, I Resume paints a vivid portrait of a politician, poet and adventurer, an idealist, a family man and - above all - a born storyteller.
Deservedly one of the most popular of all military books, these recollections paint a colourful picture of life as an ordinary soldier during the Peninsular War'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAY