Parting shots
Parris, Matthew2011
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When leaving a foreign posting, Britain's ambassadors were encouraged to write a valedictory despatch until the practice was abolished in 2006. Unlike the usual style of the diplomatic bag, these last reports from foreign posts were unbuttoned, indiscreet and often very funny. This book compiles the best examples.
Main title:
Parting shots / Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2011.
Collation:
386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Viking, 2010.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780670919291 (pbk)
Dewey class:
327.20922327.2092
Language:
English
BRN:
9006