The siren years: a Canadian diplomat abroad, 1937-1945 (Macmillan paperbacks ; #19)
Award winning fiction, Award winning non-fiction, Politics and government biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
A volume from the author's published diaries which takes the reader through the diplomatic corridors and drawing rooms of prewar Washington, wartime England, and Europe. Ritchie's observations of world events include insights into the ins and outs of the diplomatic… world, portraits of politicians, socialites, and literary lions, and candour about his own enthusiasms. Winner of the 1974 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.