Pinochet in Piccadilly

Pinochet in Piccadilly
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780571392315
ISBN-13 : 0571392318
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Pinochet in Piccadilly by : Andy Beckett

Download or read book Pinochet in Piccadilly written by Andy Beckett and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1998, the erstwhile Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate. But over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, intriguing questions went unanswered about his close ties with Britain. Why was Lady Thatcher so keen to defend the General? And why was Tony Blair's usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested? As Andy Beckett uncovers, the answers reside deep within the long and shadowy history of relations between Britain and Chile. 'An outstanding achievement, and mesmerically readable . . . Beckett has surely written one of the best political travelogues of the year.' Sunday Times 'I am stirred and astonished at [Andy Beckett's] brilliance, and by the imaginative sympathy with which he rekindles the arguments and emotions of a period he never knew.' Christopher Hitchens, London Review of Books


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