Porridge And Passion. An Autobiography

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: CONTINUUM
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 255 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this sequel to his first volume of autobiography (Pride and Perjury) Aitken starts his story as he is taken down from the courtroom and incarcerated at Her Majestys Pleasure.He writes frankly of subsequent events. Visited by the ever-optimistic Lord Longford, Aitken emerged from the jaws of despair a chastened man.How this Old Etonian former Cabinet Minister on Mrs Thatchers inner circle managed to establish new relationships and lasting friendships with fellow prisoners is fascinating - so too is this account of how religious belief transformed his life and began to influence the life of others.Emerging from Bellmarsh Prison, with nothing but a black plastic sack of clothes, Aitken recounts how he was accepted at Wycliffe Hall Oxford to read theology and how this reconditioned his mind as well as his soul.Aitken has lost none of his charm, fluency and determination. But now these are used for greater purposes. He has found a new life and meaning to it. The authenticity of this new life is something which drives him on, and which readers of this entertaining new book will be able to judge for themselves.

ISBN: 9780826480682