Background
Until the age of 14 Shea attended Lenzie Academy, where his mother was a teacher.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
book
A Cold Conspiracy
( The 1970s: ""the Norsemen"" is a mysterious union made ...)
The 1970s: ""the Norsemen"" is a mysterious union made up of northern businessmen from Scotland and Scandinavia. No-one knows where their sympathies -- political or otherwise -- lie, although they are thought to be well-intentioned. But when the union becomes slowly infiltrated by individuals with a very different agenda, the overall balance of the group is shifted . . .
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0727856200/?tag=2022091-20
The Berlin Embassy
(Following on from his highly successful novels of politic...)
Following on from his highly successful novels of political intrigue and tricky diplomatic dealings, Spin Doctor and The British Ambassador, Michael Shea again draws on his long experience as a career diplomat to give us an entertaining new novel dramatically set in the new European centre -- Berlin. Berlin -- located between London, Paris, Warsaw and Moscow -- is the new frontline for global diplomacy. The British embassy personnel in Berlin are consequently the most ambitious, charming and ruthless in the service. Alex Murray is sent to Berlin as the no.2 man to the old-fashioned Ambassador, when the previous head left under mysterious circumstances. Caught between mounting international tensions, in particular the flood of refugees at the Russian border incited by a charismatic leader threatening to overflow into Western Europe and create havoc, and the internal rivalries within the embassy, Alex must negotiate both the external crises and the professional demands of the job as a British diplomat in Berlin. The Berlin Embassy authentically recreates the tensions of embassy life and work, cleverly portraying the 'upstairs-downstairs' ambiance of a profession that deals daily with potential political crises. Taut, compelling and topical, Michael Shea once again delves behind the scenes of international diplomacy, a topic in which he is eminently qualified, and emerges with another fascinating and immensely readable thriller.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0006498760/?tag=2022091-20
View from the Sidelines by Michael Shea (2003-06-19)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K9280VY/?tag=2022091-20
Personal Impact: Presence, Paralanguage And The Art of Good Communication
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1856194825/?tag=2022091-20
Influence: How to Make The System Work for You - a handbook for the modern Machiavelli by Michael Shea (1988-09-22)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K93SO8W/?tag=2022091-20
View from the Sidelines by Michael Shea (2003-06-19)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HCA0EUG/?tag=2022091-20
The British Ambassador
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UOE6PI/?tag=2022091-20
Michael Shea
Edit ProfileEducation
He then attended Gordonstoun as a result of gaining a scholarship. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, having read Economics. He also completed his doctorate at Edinburgh on economic development in West Africa.
Career
Earlier he had been a career diplomat and was also an author of political thrillers and non-fiction. He entered the Foreign Service in 1963 and served in Ghana, West Germany, Romania and New New York After helping to arrange the Queen"s official visit in 1976, Shea became her press secretary two years later.
The Queen"s Private Secretary Sir William Heseltine responded to the controversy in a letter to The Times confirming Shea as the contact, but asserting that Shea"s comments had been misreported.
Shea left royal service the following year, although he denied that there was any connection with the earlier controversy. While First Secretary in Bonn, then the capital of West Germany, Shea began his career as a writer
State of the Nation (1997) and Endgame (2002) take place in an independent Scotland. After he resigned as the Queen"s press secretary, Shea worked for six years at Hanson plc as director of public relations.
He can be heard in a private interview given to Brendan Bruce (former Conservative Party Director of Communications under Margaret Thatcher) for his book "Images of Power" (Kogan Page 1992) in the British Library Sound Archive ( Business Level reference C1251/21 ) The couple had two daughters.
He was a Lieutenant of the Victorian Order (LVO) from 1985 and Commander (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) from 1987. His last years were affected by the onset of dementia. He died at age 71 in 2009.
Works
book
-
The Berlin Embassy
(Following on from his highly successful novels of politic...)
-
A Cold Conspiracy
( The 1970s: ""the Norsemen"" is a mysterious union made ...)
- Norslag
- View from the Sidelines by Michael Shea (2003-06-19)
- Personal Impact: Presence, Paralanguage And The Art of Good Communication
- Influence: How to Make The System Work for You - a handbook for the modern Machiavelli by Michael Shea (1988-09-22)
- View from the Sidelines by Michael Shea (2003-06-19)
- The British Ambassador
-
The Berlin Embassy
Politics
A thriller, Sonntag, was published under the pseudonym Michael Sinclair in 1971, the first of 20 books, most of them political thrillers, some set in the near future. His memoirs were published as A View from the Sidelines (2003).
Views
He was at the centre of a "mole hunt" in 1986 for the person who gave a briefing to a journalist on Sunday Times in which it was said the social policies being followed by the Thatcher government were causing the Queen "dismay", and Mistress Thatcher"s negative attitude to the Commonwealth of Nations caused displeasure.
Membership
Members of Parliament called for Shea"s resignation if he was responsible.
-
Born
-
Died
October 17, 2009 (aged 71) -
Nationality
United Kingdom -
Political Party
Conservative Party