In his own words for the first time, disgraced former Tory Cabinet MP Jonathan Aitken recounts his side of the story behind the most notorious sleaze, corruption and perjury scandal to rock Britain since the Profumo affair. In 1994 Jonathan Aitken was hotly tipped to succeed John Major as the next leader of the Conservative Party, but within a year, the only Cabinet Minister without 'a single enemy' was buried beneath accusations of pimping, arms dealing and corruption. The headlines screamed: AITKEN TRIED TO ARRANGE GIRLS FOR SAUDI FRIENDS NEW LIGHT ON WHO PAID FOR WHAT AT THE RITZ In Pride and Perjury he tells for the first time how he became the most vilified politician in Britain. Revealed in fascinating detail are: * His dealings with Cabinet colleagues * His relationship with the Suadi Royal Family * The full account of his stay at the Ritz * The dramatic events behid his failed libel action * His subsequent trial for perjury and perverting the course of justice. Jonathan Aitken's fall from grace was the greatest personal catastrophe for a public figure since the trials of Oscar Wilde. He faced a living hell of despair including bankruptcy, divorce and a prison sentence. This is the moving story of a fallen politician's penitence. It is also an inspiring message of hope and redemption. Jonathan Aitken found new purpose for the future after a surprise and remarkable encounter -- with God.

Pride and Perjury

AITKEN, Jonathan

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Nixon: A Life

Regnery

He was Nixon’s hatchet man. A jailed felon. And now, one of the most significant Christian leaders of our time. Here is his life story. Charles Colson has become one of the most revered leaders of our time. His ministry outreach, Prison Fellowship, has swelled to 40,000 volunteers working in 100 countries. His Angel Tree Christmas program provides presents to more than half a million children of prison inmates every year. His daily radio broadcast, BreakPoint, airs daily on more than 1,000 radio outlets across the country. And his twenty books have sold more than five million copies in the U.S. But God had to work some mighty miracles to bring this unusual servant to this prominent place of service. After all, Colson was known as President Nixon’s “hatchet man.” His involvement in the Watergate conspiracy led him to prison–and then to a life-changing encounter with God. Now, noted author Jonathan Aitken has written the first biography that compellingly presents a first-rate understanding of the political, historical, and spiritual journeys of Charles W. Colson… a life redeemed.

Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed

Leaders & Notable People

DOUBLEDAY

The rise, fall and rebirth of Richard Nixon is perhaps the most fascinating story in American politics. Author Aitken was granted unprecendented access to Nixon's previously sealed private documents to prepare this work. 4 cassettes.

History

Dove Entertainment Inc

When Jonathan Aitken stepped from Number 10 Downing Street on July 20th 1994, he was soon tipped as next Leader of the Conservative Party. John Major had just appointed him First Secretary to the Treasury and his future could not have been brighter. 
What went wrong? 
Within a year headlines appeared such as 'Aitken tried to arrange girls for Saudi friends' and 'New Light on who paid what at The Ritz in Paris.' Accused of pimping, arms dealing and corruption, both his career and reputation hung in the balance as he came out fighting with his now famous Sword of Truth speech.In 'Pride and Perjury' Aitken tells for the first time how he became the most vilified politician in Britain since John Profumo. He reveals his dealings with cabinet colleagues, his relationship with the Saudi Royal Family, and a full account of his stay at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. He also describes the intense and dramatic events behind his failed libel action and his subsequent trial for perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice.Aitken's fall from grace was the greatest personal catastrophe for a public figure since the trials of Oscar Wilde - a living hell including bankruptcy, divorce and a prison sentence. With insight and with elegance Pride and Perjury is a moving and compelling account of a fallen politician's penitence and delves into the darker side of human nature. It is also an inspiring message of hope and redemption.

Continuum

When Jonathan Aitken was in prison, he experienced a religious conversion. When he emerged into the light of day, he headed for Oxford where he read for and obtained a degree in theology.
The Psalms have assumed a quite exceptional importance in his life. The Psalms are at the very heart of the Christian life and its liturgy - in them is found the whole range of human emotion, of triumph and despair.
In this new book, Aitken expounds his own view of the Psalms, the fruit of much prayer, study and reflection. He has busy, stressed modern men and women and the forefront of his mind as he writes. Aitken was a successful businessman and financier before he ever entered government as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. He is fully aware of the enormous pressures on people in countless walks of life - as speed of communication increases and more and more people are obliged to live with targets hanging over them like the sword of Damocles.
Aitken writes 'out of the depths': he has experienced as profoundly as any of us the heights of adulation and the depths of disgrace and shame and he understands the meaning of repentance. This is an account of the Psalms tried and tested in raw human emotion.
This book is designed to be kept in the top drawer of a businessman's desk, the satchel of a student, or the briefcase of a top flight lady executive.

Psalms for People Under Pressure

Religion & Spirituality

Porridge and Passion

The sequel to the best-seller Pride and Perjury, Porridge and Passion describes Aitken's journey from sentencing at the Old Bailey, through his incarceration at Belmarsh prison and the many dramas along the way, to his eventual release and the beginnings of a new life. It is impossible to be indifferent to Jonathan Aitken. Some admire the way in which he pulled himself together having been convicted and imprisoned for perjury in the High Court. Many others are less impressed and remain deeply sceptical. In his 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 one day 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.

Porridge And Passion

Europe

Continuum Intl Pub Group

This new book by Jonathan Aitken is written in a style and format similar to Psalms for People Under Pressure. The formula has proved extremely popular. Here are fifty selected prayers each accompanied by a spiritual reflection and personal, autobiographical comment. The prayers fall neatly into categories. Jonathan Aitken has been collecting prayers over the years and has written some of his own. This book draws on both. Aitken reached the gates of hell when he fell from power and was condemned to prison for perjury and corruption. This is a man who knows pressure at first hand - the pressure of disgrace. But in his earlier life, the author was a city financier and Government Minister. An audience Jonathan Aitken always has in mind is all those people who live highly pressured lives - over whom hang targets, budgets, five year plans like the Sword of Damocles. People should never be too busy to pray.

Prayers for People Under Pressure

Bloomsbury Academic

Charles W. Colson : A Life Redeemed

Americas

Continuum Intl Publishing Grp

Watergate was a cataclysm - the reverberations rocked the American establishment to its core. Nixon fell from power and along with him a number of his cronies and partners in crime. Charles Colson was one of the most notorious. Condemned and sent to prison Colson experienced a Damascus Road conversion and became a committed evangelical Christian. He wrote a book called "Born Again" which sold over 100,000 in the British market and topped the bestselling charts in the USA for weeks. Colson appointed Jonathan Aitken to be his official biographer. The similarities in their respective careers will be obvious to the reader and the combination of author and subject is thus exceptionally interesting. Jonathan Aitken traces the story of Colson's life and tries to understand what made Colson the power crazed man he was - a man who finally could not tell the difference between right and wrong. Since his fall from power and his conversion, Colson has devoted himself energetically to charitable work particularly to prison reform and the after care of ex-prisoners. His charity Prison Fellowship has branches in England Scotland and Northern Ireland. What, asks Aitken, is his true motivation? How can any man or woman expiate for the sins of the past? In his researches, Aitken has interviewed Colson extensively but has also uncovered a lot of new material. This book will be of compelling interest to students of Watergate, US politics and anyone interested in social and political reform.

Charles Colson

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Pride and Perjury

Nixon: A Life

Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed

Nixon: A Life

Pride and Perjury

Psalms for People Under Pressure

Porridge And Passion

Prayers for People Under Pressure

Charles W. Colson : A Life Redeemed

Charles Colson