First Confession

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

First Confession

By Chris Patten

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About the book

Most politicians write autobiographies to 'set the record straight'. This is a different sort of memoir. Following his life as a self-confessed 'wet European' from parliament to Hong Kong and beyond, Chris Patten creates a meditation on personal and political identity which, in an age of simplification, shows the complexities of both.'A defence of liberal conservatism ... If old-style centrism is to stage a comeback and reason to supplant stridency and authoritarianism, be it in west or east, th...Show more

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9780141983875

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Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

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First Confession

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