My Secret Planet
1st Edition
Published on 16. July 2012
350 pages
978-1-4482-0972-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this autobiography, Denis Healey reveals the breadth of his interests and his knowledge of the arts. In this book, he takes time to look at the literary influences that have shaped his life - his comments are interlaced with quotations from poetry, fiction, philosophy and history, providing a guide to help readers rediscover books he or she may once have read, following onto new authors.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-0972-9 (9781448209729)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC, MC (born 30 August 1917) is a retired British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.
His publications include; Healey's Eye (photography) (1980), The Time of My Life (his autobiography) (1989), When Shrimps Learn to Whistle (1990), My Secret Planet (an anthology) (1992), Denis Healey's Yorkshire Dales (1995) and Healey's World (2002).
His publications include; Healey's Eye (photography) (1980), The Time of My Life (his autobiography) (1989), When Shrimps Learn to Whistle (1990), My Secret Planet (an anthology) (1992), Denis Healey's Yorkshire Dales (1995) and Healey's World (2002).
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Boyhood
- 2 Oxford
- 3 The War
- 4 Politics
- 5 The Arts
- 6 Nature
- 7 Men, Women, And Children
- 8 Age
- 9 Death
- 10 The Spirit
- Epilogue
- Postscript
- A Note on the Author
- Also by the Author
- Imprint
- Footnotes
