title: Thrice a Stranger: Penelopeas Eastern Mediterranean Odyssey
author: William Mallinson
description: William Mallinson, Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions at Universita Guglielmo Marconi, is a former Member of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service who left to study for, and was awarded, his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science's Department of International History. Following a period in business as European Public Affairs Manager at ITT's European Headquarters in Brussels, he turned his attention to the academic world, playing a pivotal role in introducing Britain's first Honours degree in Public Relations. Since 1994, when he was awarded a Greek Government scholarship, he has been perusing British Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence, Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet archives, under the general rubric of Anglo-Greek relations during the Cold War. He has also published several articles in the press, and spoken at numerous conferences. He is an occasional lecturer at the Greek National Defence School, particularly on Britain and Russia/ USSR. He speaks, reads and writes French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Greek. His publications include Public Lies and Private Truths (1996; 2000); Portrait of an Ambassador (1998); Cyprus: A Modern History (2005); From Neutrality to Commitment: Dutch Foreign Policy, NATO and European Integration (2010); Britain and Cyprus: Key Themes and Documents since World War Two (2011); and The FCO, Hegemonolingualism, and the End of Britain's Freedom (2014).
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  ### THE BEACH AT DOONSHEAN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Penny Feeny
  
  
  That Summer in Ischia
  
  
  The Apartment in Rome
  
  
  Secrets in Sicily
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE BEACH AT DOONSHEAN
  
  
  ## PENNY FEENY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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