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The long-awaited diaries of Duff Cooper; statesman, soldier, Member of Parliament, wit, poet, diplomat, clubman and scholar; which were very nearly destroyed by his nephew, who was shocked at their frankness. Duff Cooper was a first-rate witness of, and often a first-hand participant in, just about every significant political development that occurred between 1914 and his death forty years later.
26 de feb. de 2024 · Duff Cooper’s very good biographer, the historian John Charmley, laments that there is no way of doing justice to the reported brilliance of Duff Cooper’s conversation in small intimate groups of friends. “A Pierrot of the moment,” was someone’s beautiful description of the man and the ethos. This too is part of the type.
Duff Cooper is the author of Talleyrand (4.24 avg rating, 706 ratings, 92 reviews, published 1932), Operation Heartbreak (3.90 avg rating, 207 ratings, 5...
9 de ago. de 2016 · Duff Cooper. Lucknow Books, Aug 9, 2016 - History - 120 pages. First published in 1950, Operation Heartbreak tells the fictional story of Wilie Marygton, a career soldier who was too young for WWI and too old for WWII. Born into a military family, Willie’s one goal in life is to take part in a battle, so he is exhilarated when he receives his ...
Talleyrand. Duff Cooper. Grove Press, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 399 pages. Unique in his own age and a phenomenon in any, Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, was a statesman of outstanding ability and extraordinary contradictions. He was a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes.
Politician, Secretary of State for War, diplomat and writer Politician, diplomatist and author, Duff Cooper was a Conservative MP (1924-9, 1931-45) and in 1936 was Secretary of State for War. Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1937, he resigned over the Munich agreement in 1938. He had been for some years a close friend of the Prince of Wales and with Baldwin's approval he was consulted ...
Biographical / Historical. (Alfred) Duff Cooper was born in February 1890, the son of Sir Alfred Cooper and Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Flower. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. In October 1913 he joined the Foreign Office but was released in June 1917 to join the army as a Subaltern in the Grenadier Guards.
