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The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag Book

HardCover. Pub Date :2012-10-04 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Viking The Spanish Ambassadors Suitcase is a hilarious new collection of diplomatic tales by Matthew Parris and Andrew BrysonHeard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase Or the horse they gave Prime Minister John Major in Turkmenistan - which hapless embassy officials had to rescue from the clutches of the Moscow railway These and other funnies. as they are known in Whitehall. are included in Matthew Parris and and Andrew Brysons glorious new volume of not so diplomatic writing. which accompanies a new BBC Radio 4 series is a follow up to their acclaimed collection of ambassadors final despatches. Parting Shots.Drawn from Freedom of Information requests and previously overlooked Valedictories these startling ...Read More

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    Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson bring together some of the funniest despatches from British Ambassadors abroad in this sequel to their acclaimed Parting Shots. Based on a new BBC Radio 4 series it features some classic stories from the horse given to John Major by the authorities in Turkmenistan which got lost in the Russian rail system to the puzzling behaviour of the Spanish Ambassador in the Algerian desert. With an introduction by Matthew Parris who began his career in the FO the book shows our representatives in their best and worst lights - rude and sympathetic clever and confused by turns - and throws a light on how we British have viewed the world ...and how the world has viewed us.

  • 0670921033
  • 9780670921034
  • Matthew Parris, Andrew Bryson
  • 4 October 2012
  • Viking
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 400
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