{"title":"Books by Ann Widdecombe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781780220925","title":"Strictly Ann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and \u003ci\u003eStrictly Come Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e star, Ann Widdecombe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this life story of one of our most outspoken and celebrated politicians, Ann Widdecombe offers a unique insight into her time as a minister in three government departments and the Shadow Cabinet in the 1990s, as well as taking us back to her wandering childhood and explaining the roots of her deeply held views.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rare anti-hunting Tory, who campaigned for prison education and once donned a miner's overalls to go down a coal mine, Ann Widdecombe has never shied away from controversy. Her memoirs reveal a singular personality who lives life to the full. From feisty appearances on \u003ci\u003eHave I Got News for You\u003c\/i\u003e to her unforgettable and star-turning performances on \u003ci\u003eStrictly Come Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e, Ann has earned her place in the public's affections and has been heralded as a 'national living treasure' by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303087386997,"sku":"9781780220925","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780220925_686a77d1-da0a-455c-9ece-1d022d2c4b35.jpg?v=1786024165"},{"product_id":"9781780226835","title":"An Act of Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sequel to AN ACT OF TREACHERY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom bestselling author Ann Widdecombe, a moving tale of families broken apart by war, and one boy's quest to come to terms with his history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKlaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman and a senior, married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father, who was killed before he was born, and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCared for by his German family, Klaus-Pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a Europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate, he tries to make his own 'Act of Peace' with his French relatives. The result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in Provence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Klaus-Pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots, as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really was...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impressive . . . Widdecombe skilfully and often movingly uses the boy's struggle with his own painful history to throw light on the troubled years between 1945 and the fall ofthe BErlin Wall in 1989' SUNDAY TIMES \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303741010293,"sku":"9781780226835","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780226835_4a2546aa-bd78-4607-a770-1ea094df2019.jpg?v=1786024250"},{"product_id":"9781780226828","title":"An Act of Treachery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tale of illicit love, hate and loss in occupied France . . . confirming [Ann Widdecombe] as an eloquent storyteller' GLASGOW HERALD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Dessin, a young French girl living in Paris during the occupation, falls for an older, married German officer. The novel examines the tensions this causes within her family of patriots and resistance workers.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile Klaus, the German officer, who is Oxford educated and a professed Anglophile, faces his own moral dilemma as he comes to realise, through his love for Catherine and a tragedy in his own family, the true nature of the regime he is serving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping read' SUNDAY EXPRESS \u003cbr\u003e'Widdecombe is to be applauded for the range of her ambition within this book: the admirably large cast of characters is well-handled, their dilemmas are believable and the narrative makes for compulsive reading' THE TIMES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304359670133,"sku":"9781780226828","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780226828_e4e3c3d8-bcbf-4b72-82f5-b498a4340dee.jpg?v=1786034175"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-ann-widdecombe.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}