num_pages: 517
description: The first two volumes of Alan Clark's were irresistible, irreverent, infamous, outrageous. This last volume is a fitting finale to the work of a man who has been described as 'the best diarist of his century'. The third volume begins in 1991 with Alan Clark contemplating quitting as an MP. Life at Saltwood Castle, his home, hangs heavy; then comes the Scott inquiry and the Matrix Churchill affair. Publication of the first volume of the Diaries leads 'the coven', a family of former girlfriends, to sell their story to the NEWS OF THE WORLD. This volume follows his attempts to return to Westminster, an affair that threatens his marriage, and closes with the tragedy of his final months when he is diagnosed with a brain tumour, but keeps his diary until he can no longer focus on the page.
language: English
title: The Last Diaries, 1993 - 1999
titlecomplete: The Last Diaries, 1993 - 1999
characters: Alan Clark
genres: Biography, Politics, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Diary
ratings_count: 154
places: Kent, England
publisher: Phoenix