Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin Cowper-Coles, Sherard Summary Former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. For over thirty years Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic front line in a distinguished career that took him from the corridors of power in Whitehall to a string of high-profile around the world. Entering the Foreign Office in 1977, he took up postings in Beirut, Alexandria and Cairo, Washington, Paris, and Hong Kong, his globe-trotting punctuated with spells in London, where the young diplomat had a baptism of fire writing foreign affairs speeches for Geoffrey Howe and Margaret Thatcher. In 1999, under the New Labour government and Prime Minister Tony Blair, he was made Principal Private Secretary to the irascible Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, providing the book with some of its most hilarious sequences. His career culminated in a succession of ambassadorial posts as Our Man in Israel, Saudi Arabia and finally Afghanistan. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 336 pages · Hardcover By Cowper-Coles, Sherard Details ISBN: 9780007436002 Author: Cowper-Coles, Sherard Format: Hardcover Pages: 336 Language: English Publication date: 25 October 2012 Condition: New About the authors Cowper-Coles, Sherard and Sherard Cowper-Coles · Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers More about this book Reviews In 1999, under the New Labour government and Prime Minister Tony Blair, he was made Principal Private Secretary to the irascible Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, providing the book with some of its most hilarious sequences.
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