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About the Author

Douglas Hurd is a politician, biographer and novelist who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, as Minister for Europe (1979-83), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984-85), Home Secretary (1985-89) and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1989-95). His previous books include his Memoirs, Robert Peel- A Biography and, with Edward Young, Choose Your Weapons- The British Foreign Secretary - 200 Years of Argument, Success and Failure.