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A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine : The Last Diaries

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: United Kingdom; Cornerstone; 2014Description: 309 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780099564959
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.08 BEN
Summary: In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisis. Following an illness in 2009 the diaries, kept for over sixty years, cease. Published here alongside these last diaries are Tony Benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood, and of moving out of the family home after sixty years. Finally, we share in Tony Benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimism.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Biography 941.08 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC009222
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 941.08 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn donated to the faislabad festival 2019 PKLC008630
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In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisis. Following an illness in 2009 the diaries, kept for over sixty years, cease. Published here alongside these last diaries are Tony Benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood, and of moving out of the family home after sixty years. Finally, we share in Tony Benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimism.

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