Rory Stewart
Autore di In Afghanistan
Sull'Autore
Rory Stewart is a former infantry officer, diplomat in Indonesia and Yugoslavia, and fellow at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
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Opere di Rory Stewart
Opere correlate
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East (2014) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 364 copie
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Collaboratore — 82 copie
Images of Afghanistan: Exploring Afghan Culture through Art and Literature (2010) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Living traditions: Contemporary art from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan — Prefazione — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Stewart, Roderick James Nugent
- Altri nomi
- Stewart, Roderick 'Rory' James Nugent
- Data di nascita
- 1973-01-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Hong Kong
- Luogo di residenza
- Kabul, Afghanistan
Malaysia - Istruzione
- Dragon School
Eton College
University of Oxford (Balliol College) - Attività lavorative
- diplomat
military officer
Member of Parliament - Organizzazioni
- Turquoise Mountain Foundation
British Army
Conservative Party - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2004)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 3,661
- Popolarità
- #6,914
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 104
- ISBN
- 85
- Lingue
- 9
- Preferito da
- 8
I enjoyed this book, which provides some insight into Rory Stewart’s time as a member of the UK’s parliament. Stewart comes from a very privileged background and fits easily into my image of a typical Conservative Member of Parliament, benefiting from not being a career MP, and being an ex-MP now allowing him to be reasonably candid in his views.
I found myself skipping through the Brexit negotiations chapter, not because it was uninteresting, but because I am still so angry at the economic and social shortsightedness of the “hard Brexit” gamblers.
But then the chapters about Stewart’s attempt to become the leader of the Conservative Party (and Prime Minister), primarily against Boris Johnson, were fascinating and gripping, as I had not followed this at the time. These chapters of course also have the inevitability of Greek tragedy, as we know that Johnson wins the leadership contest (and the almost complete mess that followed).… (altro)