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My Grandfather's House

By Charles Ritchie

By Charles Ritchie

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Sep 28, 2011 | ISBN 9781551996813

My Grandfather's House by Charles Ritchie
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About My Grandfather’s House

In this book, Charles Ritchie looks back at some of the characters that peopled his childhood and youth, in the years before his brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps began. In these essays we are introduced to his uncles, Harry “Bimbash” Stewart and the dashing, doomed Charlie Stewart; to his indomitable mother; to his mad cousin Gerald; to the newspaper tycoon Lord Beaverbrook; to his college friend Billy Coster, who threw away wealth and a secure future; and to a host of others. With his usual unerring eye and elegant prose, Charles Ritchie brings them all to life again, with affection and wit.

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About Charles Ritchie

One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie (1906–1995) had a brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps, serving as Canada’s ambassador to Bonn, West Germany; as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as ambassador to the United States during… More about Charles Ritchie

Product Details

Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | North American World History

Ebook | $11.99
Published by McClelland & Stewart
Sep 28, 2011 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9781551996813

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“A writer of rare insight and sophistication, droll wit and admirable lucidity.”
–Globe and Mail

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