TAKEN ON TRUST

Terry Waite

Hodder & Stoughton Fourth impression 1993

370 pages

h/c with d/j - approx 24cm x 16cm - no inscriptions - photographs - d/j price-clipped

from d/j:

In his prison cell Terry Waite wrote his autobiography in his head. This is it, his own heart-rending account of how he survived for 1,763 days in captivity, almost four years of which were in solitary confinement. He reveals the inner strengths which helped him endure the savage treatment he received from his captors; he tells of his constant struggle to maintain his faith and of his resolve not to have any regrets, any false sentimentality or self-pity. Above all it was his recollection of times past, of his life from childhood onwards which gave him the will to keep going...

A humanitarian in his own right, he became a negotiator over the plight of hostages in Tehran and Libya - he describes his meetings with Colonel Gaddafi - and finally with the kidnappers of the Beirut hostages. He charts his ever-increasing involvement with those on all sides, including Oliver North and George Bush, until that fateful day in January 1987 when he himself became a captive...

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