{"product_id":"dear-bill-a-memoir","title":"W. F. Deedes: Dear Bill [2005] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Deedes is a national institution. Over the course of a career spanning seventy years, `dear Bill' has become one of the most respected and admired journalists of the last century. This is his story, told with his characteristic modesty, insight and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cutting his teeth at the \u003ci\u003eMorning Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Deedes was sent off to cover the Abyssinian war, thereby gaining him a reputation as a fearless war reporter and also inadvertently providing Evelyn Waugh with the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e's hero, Henry Boot. Bill rose through the ranks until he was called into politics, taking his place as a member of Harold Macmillan's Cabinet. Soon however the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e called again and he continues to write there today, as well as work tirelessly for charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Now updated and revised, \u003ci\u003eDear Bill\u003c\/i\u003e is a peerless memoir by one of the greatest living Englishmen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deedes, W. F.","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50210536194387,"sku":"9781405052665","price":21.41,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":46957287801171,"sku":"XG81405052665","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/deedes-w-f-w-f-deedes-dear-bill-2005-hardback-60870048710995.jpg?v=1737091578","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/dear-bill-a-memoir","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}