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The Fringes of power : Downing Street diaries : 1939-1955 by John Rupert Colville, Sir is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This is undeniably interesting but hopelessly long at nearly 700 pages of text. It covers about a 15 year period when the author was one of the secretaries to Winston Churchill, and for 4 or 5 years to Princess Elizabeth and then to Attlee, the British Prime Minster in the Labour Government of 1945-1951. The problem is that the writer was clearly immature at the start , when he was only about 24, and continued to be thoroughly dislikeable as an arrogant,unrepentant name-dropper, and an obvious a social climber. Whether he ever really matured is a moot point . I found myself reading down the middle of the page at a very early stage but did persevere to the end

Author

John Rupert Colville, Sir

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780340382967

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science

Rating

4.8 / 5 (31 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14