by Jonathan Dimbleby · Time Warner Books Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751522723
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«The Last Governor» is the historical essay by Jonathan Dimbleby, published by Time Warner Books Uk in paperback (576 pages, in English).
Chronicle of the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, about Chris Patten, the last British governor. With access to the governor and his team, Dimbleby narrates the negotiations with Beijing, the defense of the freedoms of millions of citizens and the deterioration of relations between London and Beijing, all framed in its human and historical context.
Nominated for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category in 1997.
For readers interested in contemporary history, decolonization and relations between China and the United Kingdom.
