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OverviewIn a career that spanned seven decades, WF Deedes proved more than pretty good in a spectacular range of professions. A confident and ambitious journalist at twenty-two, Deedes began a life-long relationship with the Daily Telegraph when reporting from Abyssinia alongside Evelyn Waugh in the 1930s. He served as an officer during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross for his heroism. After the war he became an MP and a Cabinet Minister and was made a life peer by Margaret Thatcher in 1986. As journalism s most enduring by-line, Bill Deedes continued to work even after his retirement and was only kept from reporting in Iraq by an essential medical procedure. He published his final article in the Telegraph on 3 August 2007. He died two weeks later. Deedes consented to this authorized biography on the understanding that it would be published only after his death. Thus, this is a franker and fuller account of Deedes' life than that put across in his own memoirs. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen RobinsonPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group Imprint: Abacus Edition: Digital original Dimensions: Width: 20.00cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 12.90cm Weight: 0.418kg ISBN: 9780349118963ISBN 10: 0349118965 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 07 May 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'...beautifully written but fair rather than fond. Robinson must be applauded for unearthing so much new information.' - Lynn Barber, The Daily Telegraph 'Robinson writes clearly and sparely, and the book reads well ... Masterly' - Sunday Telegraph 'This intelligently probing and well-written authorised biography ... succeeds definitively' - Spectator Author InformationStephen Robinson joined the Daily Telegraph in 1986, shortly after WF Deedes retired as Editor. Robinson wrote Deedes' obituary for the Telegraph. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |