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Rather his own man, reliable memoirs, Geoffrey Robertson

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Rather his own man, reliable memoirs, Geoffrey Robertson

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-447) and index

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autobiography

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Rather his own man

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bibliography

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Geoffrey Robertson

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reliable memoirs

Summary

In this witty, engrossing and sometimes poignant memoir, a sequel to his best-selling The Justice Game, Australia's inimitable Geoffrey Robertson charts his progress from pimply state schoolboy to top Old Bailey barrister and thence onwards and upwards to a leading role in the struggle for human rights throughout the world. He wryly observes the absurdities of growing up as one of 'Ming's kids'; the passion of student protest in the sixties and his early crusades for 'Down Under-dogs', before leaving on a Rhodes Scholarship to combat the British establishment, with the help of John Mortimer of 'Rumpole' fame. There are dramatic accounts of fighting for lives on death rows, freeing dissidents and taking on tyrants, armed only with a unique mind and a passion for justice - on display whenever he boomeranged back to Australia to conduct Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals. His is an amazing life story of David and Goliath battles - riveting, laugh-out-loud tales filled with romance and danger, featuring a cast of characters ranging from General Pinochet to Pee-Wee Herman; from Malcolm Turnbull to Mike Tyson; from Nigella Lawson to Kathy Lette and Julian Assange. Throughout his exploits - recounted here with irreverent humour and dashes of true wisdom - Geoffrey Robertson has remained determinedly independent and his own man. He has also, in respect of human rights, changed the way we think

Table Of Contents

Who do you think I am? -- May parents' war -- Baby boomer -- Striving to achieve -- Ming's kid goes to uni -- Freedom rides -- The Queen and I -- Must Rhodes fall? -- Down at the Old Baily -- Family and friends -- Hypotheticals -- Spy-catching -- Hard cases -- In the Privy -- Doughty Street Chambers -- Freedon of speech -- Struggling for global justice -- The world's fight

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