Painful extractions: Looking back at a personal journey

Illustrated autobiography of Lord Henniker (1916-2004), including pre-war service with the Foreign Office, wartime in Yugoslavia with Fitzroy Maclean and Tito, postwar with Ernest Bevin, marriage to Osla Benning, Ambassador to Jordan and Denmark, Director-General of British Council, marriage to Julia Poland and their rejuvenation of the Thornham Estate in Suffolk. The Guardian called the book breezy and modest. Read their full review at http: //politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0, 1208972,00.html