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Article: Could Blair be another Eden? critic's choice.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 14, 2003
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Byline: PETER LEWIS
EDEN by D.R. Thorpe (Chatto & Windus, pound sterling25)
THE timing of this biography of Anthony Eden has ensured that nobody can read it without thinking of another Anthony: Anthony Blair.
I couldn't help wondering whether such a book, intended to salvage a reputation, will one day be written about him.
Like Blair, for most of his career Eden enjoyed tremendous popularity.
The epitome of Englishness as a diplomat and dandy, his qualifications were as impeccable as his tailoring: Eton, Christ Church, a First War MC in an elite regiment, an honourable resignation in protest at appeasement, years of service as ...