Weekend: Books - Beneath A Waning Moon, Diaries, 1985-87; Beneath A Waning Moon, Diaries, 1985-87 by James Lees-Milne, John Murray, pounds 22.50.(Features)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: November 15, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Reviewed by Katherine Haddon

Halfway through these diaries, James Lees-Milne bumps into Alan Clark -a diarist of some notoriety himself -at a London club. Clark tells him he is 'bored to tears' with life as a junior minister in the Department of Employment. Lees-Milne suggests he asks Mrs Thatcher for a job in the Foreign Office. 'You don't know her, evidently,' Clark replies, dryly. The Iron Lady must be one of the few movers and shakers of the twentieth century...

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