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Openings & Outings

An Anthology
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Openings & Outings gathers over forty essays spanning more than fifty years by David Pryce-Jones, offering diverse perspectives from meetings with historical figures to frontline reports from conflict zones. This collection showcases the author’s vast scope and insightful commentary on global affairs and human nature.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in arts, culture, and international affairs, particularly those who appreciate incisive journalism, historical anecdotes, and thoughtful analysis from a seasoned commentator.

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Openings & Outings brings together over forty pieces from the long and distinguished career of the writer and commentator David Pryce-Jones. Taking us from a meeting with Rudolf Hess's widow, to the slums of Tangier, to the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with many stops in between, Openings & Outings presents over fifty years of insight from a writer with endless scope and perspective.

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Openings & Outings displays Pryce-Jones at his brilliant and mordant best, combining keen insight with hard-won truths and unconventional wisdom. Reviewers praise his mastery of the essay form, his fairness, deep research, and moral core, making this anthology a treasury of sharp observations and engaging narratives.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781641772570

Publisher: Encounter Books,USA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Encounter Books,USA

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

About the Author

David Pryce-Jones was born in Vienna in 1936, the son of Alan Pryce-Jones and Thérese (Poppy) Fould-Springer. Educated at Eton and Oxford University, he has written on a wide range of subjects, sometimes historical, sometimes contemporary. Among his works are studies of Communism such as The Strange Death of the Soviet Union, of Nazism such as Paris in the Third Reich, and of the world of Islam such as The Closed Circle. He is also the author of nine novels and an autobiography entitled Fault Lines. Since 1999 he has been a senior editor of National Review. He and his wife Clarissa Caccia live in London.

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