Author: Parrott, Cecil, Sir [1909 - 19??] Title: The Tightrope
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1975. orig.boards. 23x14cm, 223,(12) pp. One page has a small smudge to margin.. 12pp photoplates.. Some rubbing. Binding corner bumps. Rubberstamp to flyleaf. Good ¶ Autobiography of a Briotish diplomat concerning his years as tutor to Peter, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and later service in wartime Stockholm. Contents: A Sinister Postage Stamp; Serbs, Croats and the Father-in-law of Europe; A cultural Prince; In the Shadow of the Assassin; Child King; Anglo-Norwegian Affairs; The Fever and the Fret; Yugoslav Epiloque; War; Invasion; Prison; Sweden - Another Invasion? Cloak and Dagger Spurned; Hitler Attacs Russia; Russia Contacts; Gun-Running; Back to Slav Enchantment.
Keywords: British Diplomatic History, Diplomats, Foreign Policy, World War Two, Sweden, Great Britain, Autobiography, Yugoslavia,
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS015995I