Home Away from Home: The Curious Case of Diplomats

Authors

  • Margaret Barbalet Independent scholar and author

Keywords:

Expatriation, Life writing, Memoirs, Richard Woolcott, Philip Flood, Bruce Grant, Diplomacy, Michael D. Jackson, Alex McGoldrick

Abstract

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Author Biography

Margaret Barbalet, Independent scholar and author

School of English Literatures, Philosophy and Languages

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2019-10-11

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2019): Literary Expatriation

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