by Terry Waite · Coronet · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340609699
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«Taken on Trust» is the autobiography of Terry Waite, published by Coronet in paperback (512 pages, in English).
Terry Waite, an envoy of the Church of England, traveled to Lebanon to negotiate the release of hostages and ended up kidnapped himself. The work reconstructs the hours before and after his capture, his years in solitary confinement and the inner forces that allowed him to survive, with faith and resistance as the core of the narrative.
The cover reproduces a portrait of Terry Waite and the Daily Telegraph quote «A poignant self-portrait»; the edition includes a new text as an afterword.
For readers interested in biographies, captivity testimonies and the history of hostages in Lebanon during the 1980s.
Sir Terence Hardy Waite is a British human rights activist and author.
