Porridge and passion : an autobiography / / Jonathan Aitken

• Autore: Aitken Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.085092
• Soggetto topico: Prisoners - Great Britain; Criminals - Rehabilitation
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Sentencing Day; 2 First Night in Belmarsh; 3 Early Days; 4 Blaggers, Burglars and Screws; 5 Blessings and Curses; 6 On the Move; 7 Difficult Days at Standford Hill; 8 Settling Down; 9 Visits and Exits; 10 Last Lap; 11 Christmas and New Year Surprises; 12 Released and Depressed; 13 Wycliffe and Oxford; 14 Enter Elizabeth; 15 New Passions on the Road to a New Life; Acknowledgements; Source Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this sequel to his first volume of autobiography Pride and Perjury , Aitken starts his story as he is taken down from the courtroom and incarcerated at Her Majesty's Pleasure. How this Old Etonian former Cabinet Minister on Mrs Thatcher's inner circle managed to establish new relationships and lasting friendships with fellow prisoners is fascinating - so too is this account of how religious belief transformed his life. Aitken has lost none of his charm, fluency and determination - and he has found an authentic new life which readers of this entertaining new book will be able to judge for th
• Titolo autorizzato: Porridge and passion
• ISBN: 1-283-20562-9; 9786613205629; 1-4411-3661-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789514603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II