Why read The Alan Clark Diaries?

Book cover of The Alan Clark Diaries: In Power 1983-1992

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The first volume of Alan Clark's diaries, covering two Parliaments during which he served under Margaret Thatcher - until her ousting in a coup which Clark observed closely from the inside - and then under John Major, constitute the most outspoken and revealing account of British political life ever written.…

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1 author picked The Alan Clark Diaries as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Richard Vinen

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Clark was a nasty man – not a lovable rogue but a real bastard with Nazi sympathies and a taste for young girls. The first volume of his diaries, however, are brilliant because they are so extraordinarily uninhibited. He reveals everything about himself including his own fraudulence.

From Richard's list on The best political diaries (United Kingdom).