The last governor : Chris Patten & the handover of Hong Kong / Jonathan Dimbleby
1997, 1st edition. London : Little, Brown. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #414151
ISBN: 0316640182
Physical description; 461 pp., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. 'A Terrible Feeling of Falling': The New Governor Arrives in Hong Kong -- 2. 'Reckless and Unscrupulous Adventures': Britain Acquires a Colony -- 3. 'We Had No Option': Deciding Kong Kong's Fate -- 4. 'No One is Safe': Alarm Bells Across the Border -- 5. 'No More Games': The Governor Assesses his Options -- 6. 'A Democratic Time Bomb': Patten Draws Up a Blueprint -- 7. 'You Deserve Better': An Agenda for Hong Kong -- 8. 'Restraint in Difficult Circumstances': Britain and China at Odds -- 9. 'The Criminal of All Time': Beijing Campaigns Against the Governor -- 10. 'Pebbles in a Black Hole': Talks About Talks -- 11. 'The Mad Governor Factor': Negotiating in Earnest but in Vain -- 12. 'Without Fear or Favour': Defending Free Speech -- 13. 'A Bracing and Bruising Experience': Charges and Counter-Charges -- 14. 'Inside I'm Crowing Like Mad': LegCo Votes on Patten's Reforms -- 15. 'A Matter of Decency': A Row Over the Court of Final Appeal -- 16. 'A Good Moment': The First Fully Elected LegCo -- 17. 'Not Remotely Acrimonious': Tackling the Home Secretary -- 18. 'Thank You For the Visas, Prime Minister': John Major Brings Good News -- 19. 'The Headbanger in Hong Kong': China Maintains the Pressure -- 20. 'We Are Not Simply Limp Victims': The Governor's Authority Begins to Crumble -- 21. 'We All Know the End of the Plot': Wrangling About the Handover -- 22. 'Hong Kong Can't Be Lobotomised': Patten Runs Out of Time. Subjects; Patten, Chris 1944-. Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum. Hong Kong. Governor (-1997:Patten). Diplomatic relations. Biographies. History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
Price: €12.95