Author: HENDERSON, NICHOLAS (1919-2009)
Title: Mandarin : the diaries of an ambassador 1969-1982 / Nicholas Henderson
Description: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1994. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by the author.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 517 pages; Physical desc. : x. 517 p.[16] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Henderson. Nicholas. 1919-2009 - Diaries. Ambassadors - Great Britain - Biography. Great Britain - Foreign relations - 1945-. Summary: Since his retirement in 1979 after successive spells as British Ambassador to Warsaw. Bonn and Paris. the author has been prevented by the Foreign Office from publishing these revealing diaries. He has now decided to go ahead. with the bonus that he also adds the full inside story of a later event in which he played a major diplomatic role - the Falklands War.Weight in Kg appr.:

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