01690cam a2200289 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100017000740150015000910200015001060350020001210350012001410400046001530430012001990500023002110820024002341000024002582450039002822600033003213000021003545040060003755050197004355200659006326500033012918560076013241791560BD-DhUL20170514181005.0011130s2002    enk    e b    001 0aeng d  a  2002405582  aGBA2-Z8985  a1842750283  a(OCoLC)50899412  a1791560  aDLCbengcBD-DhULdDLCdOrLoB-BdBDSdANL  ae-uk---00aDA591.D46bA3 200204a843.912aB221bBEM1 aDenman, Roy,d1924-14aThe mandarin's tale /cRoy Denman.  aLondon :bPolitico's,c2002.  a282 p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 276) and index.00aMachine derived contents note: 1 Joining the Guild 5 -- 2 Apprentice 16 -- 3 Journeyman 62 -- 4 Master 110 -- 5 A Greater Guild 181 -- 6 Impressions, Reflections, Conclusions 246 -- Index 277.1 a"Starting in the lowly position of Assistant Principal in the Statistics Division of the Board of Trade in 1948, Roy Denman climbed the ladder to become one of the most influential civil servants in Whitehall, working closely with such political giants as Harold Wilson ('his intelligence differed from that of anybody else I had ever met in the way a super-computer differs from an abacus') and Tony Crosland ('a Cavalier among the Roundheads'), and finding himself at the epicentre of many of the big political moments of the 1960's and 1970's - notably as part of the team which negotiated British entry into Europe in the early 1970's."--BOOK JACKET. 0aCivil servicezGreat Britain413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2002405582.html