Rory Stewart
Autor de The Places In Between
Sobre El Autor
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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Obras de Rory Stewart
The King of Torts 1 copia
Afghanistan:The Great Game (DVD) 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East (2014) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 364 copias
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contribuidor — 82 copias
Images of Afghanistan: Exploring Afghan Culture through Art and Literature (2010) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Living traditions: Contemporary art from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan — Prólogo — 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Stewart, Roderick James Nugent
- Otros nombres
- Stewart, Roderick 'Rory' James Nugent
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1973-01-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Hong Kong
- Lugares de residencia
- Kabul, Afghanistan
Malaysia - Educación
- Dragon School
Eton College
University of Oxford (Balliol College) - Ocupaciones
- diplomat
military officer
Member of Parliament - Organizaciones
- Turquoise Mountain Foundation
British Army
Conservative Party - Premios y honores
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2004)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
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- Obras
- 9
- También por
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- Miembros
- 3,662
- Popularidad
- #6,912
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 104
- ISBNs
- 85
- Idiomas
- 9
- Favorito
- 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).… (más)