The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs. |
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Page 37
... British fighter . The fighter gained on the German and there was the sound of firing . Suddenly the German plane went straight up into the air , turned over upside down in a great slow loop , and , as the British plane shot by ...
... British fighter . The fighter gained on the German and there was the sound of firing . Suddenly the German plane went straight up into the air , turned over upside down in a great slow loop , and , as the British plane shot by ...
Page 160
... British proposals for a League of Nations laid before the Peace Conference , and also by the British delegation to the Versailles Confer- ence " . From 1920 to 1935 I worked incessantly through the Labour Party Advisory Committee and ...
... British proposals for a League of Nations laid before the Peace Conference , and also by the British delegation to the Versailles Confer- ence " . From 1920 to 1935 I worked incessantly through the Labour Party Advisory Committee and ...
Page 195
... British Empire was simply flattery . There was much to be said against the imperialism of the British Empire in the years from 1904 to 1911 , when I helped to rule it light - heartedly in the Hambantota District of Ceylon , but there ...
... British Empire was simply flattery . There was much to be said against the imperialism of the British Empire in the years from 1904 to 1911 , when I helped to rule it light - heartedly in the Hambantota District of Ceylon , but there ...
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