Lord Longford revised.(The Outcast's Outcast: Lord Longford)(Book Review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

The Outcast's Outcast: Lord Longford. Peter Stanford. Sutton Publishing. [pounds sterling]20.00. 512 pages. ISBN 0-7509-3248-1.

Peter Stanford's 1994 authorized life was considered by at least one associate to be 'so well-balanced that it may be little to Longford's taste'. This time round, we are warned, 'Some may even feel I have been tougher ... than before', reminding us that Longford himself never avoided 'saying the unsayable'. Confusingly, one could class little here as 'unsayable'. One's pulse will remain steady for most of this book. What is offered is a solid ...

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