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A fascinating account of a remarkable life that took the author, through hard work and determination, from rural England to the highest ranks of the United Nations Dame Margaret Anstee was born in the 1920s to a poor family in rural Essex. With the support of her parents and through... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dr Savimbi: Add a description of this character.
- Jacko
- Donald
- J. B.
- Kurt Waldheim
- Bakatin
- Robin
- Christina
- David Owen
- Mary Gibson
- Gonzalo
- La Paz
- Allende
- Gabriel
- Paul Hoffman
- Dos Santos
- Perez De Cuellar
- Brad
- Aida
- Victor Paz
- Benhima
- Barrientos
- Gorbachev
- Mrs Thatcher
- Tommy
- Kofi Annan
- Harold Wilson
- Fujimori
- James
- Di Gennaro
- Nena
- Maria Angelica
- Henry
- Enrique
- Pedro
- Segundo
- Ingram
- Kaunda
- Pinochet
- Maclean
- Goulding
- Ovando
- Thomas
- Valentina
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Bolivia
- London
- Angola
- Vienna
- Chile
- England
- Geneva
- Cambridge
- Washington
- Latin America
- Ethiopia
- Morocco
- Mexico
- Uruguay
- United States
- Moscow
- Australia
- Paris
- Soviet Union
- Manila
- Uk
- Peru
- Colombia
- Europe
- Montevideo
- Addis Ababa
- China
- Spain
- Bogota
- Luanda
- Rabat
- Writtle
- Santiago
- Buenos Aires
- Bangladesh
- Rome
- Huambo
- Cuba
- Cochabamba
- Chelmsford
- Whitehall
- Abidjan
- Argentina
- Africa
- Beijing
- France
- Lima
- Pakistan
First Sentence edit
One Sunday evening in 1915 a young soldier, invalided home from Gallipoli, shyly greeted a pretty young girl after church in Kington, a small market town in north-west Herefordshire, where he had been sent to recuperate.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Margaret Joan Anstee (Author)
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 327
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › United Nations
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Diplomacy
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Political
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › History › World › Women in History
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
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