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In this sequel to his first volume of autobiography ("Pride and Perjury"), Aitken starts his story as he is taken down from the courtroom and incarcerated at Her Majesty's Pleasure. He writes frankly of subsequent events. Visited by the ever-optimistic Lord Longford, Aitken emerged from the jaws of despair a chastened man. How this Old Etonian former Cabinet Minister on Mrs. Thatcher's inner circle managed to establish new relationships and lasting friendships with fellow prisoners is fascinating - so too is this account of how religious belief transformed his life and began to influence the life of others. Emerging from Bellmarsh Prison, with nothing but a black plastic sack of clothes, Aitken recounts how he was accepted at Wycliffe Hall Oxford to read theology and how this reconditioned his mind as well as his soul. Aitken has lost none of his charm, fluency and determination. But now these are used for greater purposes. He has found a new life and meaning to it. The authenticity of this new life is something which drives him on, and which readers of this entertaining new book will be able to judge for themselves.
Contents
1. Sentencing Day at the Old Bailey; 2. The cage, the sweat box, the induction; 3. First days with the blaggers of Belmarsh; 4. Amanuensis and Agony Uncle; 5. Carry on Fleet Street. 6. An open prison run by closed minds; 7. Famous Visitors; 8. Drugs, Escapes, Juggings, Cell Deaths and other Dramas; 9. Carry on Fleet Street; 10. The Cell Group, The Godfather and the Baptism; 11. Holding a Family Together; 12. Christmas Cheer; 13. The Aitken Drugs Plot; 14. Back in High Security; 15. Thoughts on Prison Reform; 16. Released on a Tag; 17. Adjusting to the world of freedom with old friends and new; 18. Grappling with the coils of bankruptcy; 19. An undergraduate again; 20. Two years of theology and happiness at Oxford; 21. Meeting and courting Elizabeth; 22. Fighting for the Persecuted Church (China, Laos, Indonesia, India, etc); 23. Prison Ministry across the world; 24. Audiences great and small (White House, Alpha); 25. Engagement and Marriage; 26. A new life.
