Most politicians write autobiographies to set the record straight. This is a different sort of memoir. Following his life as a selfconfessed wet European from parliament to Hong Kong and beyond, Chris Patten creates a meditation on personal and political identity which, in an age of simplification, shows the complexities of both.A defence of liberal conservatism ... If oldstyle centrism is to stage a comeback and reason to supplant stridency and authoritarianism, be it in west or east, the moderates can wave Pattens book on their way to their barricades Jonathan Fenby, Financial TimesVivid, very wellwritten, First Confession joins the highest tier of recent works by British politicians Paschal Donohoe, Irish TimesDraws on his experience of four controversial institutions the Tory party, the Vatican, the Chinese government and the BBC to swell the tiny list of intelligent and cultured memoirs by frontline politicians Mark Lawson, New Statesman, Books of the Year

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: BGHA; Weight: 382 g; Dimensions: 192 x 121 x 20

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