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With an Introduction by Allan Gotlieb.  One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie was also a born diarist. Now, for the first time, Ritchie’s diplomatic diaries are collected in one complete volume, covering his entire career in the Canadian Foreign Service. Ritchie creates a startlingly vivid and perceptive portrait of daily life at the centre of major historical events, including one of the finest accounts of the London Blitz ever written—the people in the parks, the shabby streets, the heightened love affairs. Ritchie’s life was a whirl of high-society engagements, and he turns his dry wit and irreverence to the social scene. Evocative and compelling, these diaries beautifully portray a forgotten era.

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If Canada had produced no other writer of note, Charles Ritchie the diarist, alone, could establish our literary presence. -- Maclean's<br> <br> One of the best diarists who has ever touched pen to paper. -- Toronto Star<br> <br> In Ritchie, Canada has found its very own Pepys. -- Hamilton Spectator<br> <br> Distilled delight. -- The Guardian <br> Relish the graceful, faultless prose of a superior stylist. -- Jane Urquhart <br> There have not been many diarists in the world who have been in his league. His diaries are engaging, witty, insightful, and altogether irresistible. -- Globe and Mail

“If Canada had produced no other writer of note, Charles Ritchie the diarist, alone, could establish our literary presence.” —Maclean’s “One of the best diarists who has ever touched pen to paper.” —Toronto Star “In Ritchie, Canada has found its very own Pepys.” —Hamilton Spectator “Distilled delight.” —The Guardian “Relish the graceful, faultless prose of a superior stylist.” —Jane Urquhart “There have not been many diarists in the world who have been in his league. His diaries are engaging, witty, insightful, and altogether irresistible.” —Globe and Mail

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One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie (1906–1995) had a brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps, serving as Canada’s ambassador to Bonn, West Germany; as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson; and as High Commissioner to London.

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