Taken on Trust [Paperback]

Terry Waite (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2010

This autobiography describes the hours before and after Terry Waite was taken hostage. Waite analyzes his thoughts and feelings immediately prior to captivity. It is also an account of his years in solitary confinement and of the inner strengths which enabled him to survive.

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About the Author

Terry Waite is a British Quaker and Anglican, humanitarian and author. In the 1980s he was Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie's Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs. As an envoy for the Church of England, he traveled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages including journalist John McCarthy. He was himself held captive between 1987 and 1991.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (February 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340609699
• ISBN-13: 978-0340609699
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,618,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What can people do to people?, November 22, 2000

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Elsie Wilson (Aberystwyth, Cymru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taken on Trust (Hardcover)

I picked this up at the library because i remember very clearly when Waite was captured and held hostage. What a story. I found myself moved almost to tears by the end, as i thought of Waite and the three other hostages he ended up with, not to mention the many others who were held in Lebanon during the same time. Parenthetically, i do not know what it is that causes me to cry nowadays; is it a function of age? of some increased sensibilities? of a new maturity? Whatever the cause, i now find tears coming to me more and more frequently as i read or see a movie or, even, just think. End diversion. As i read i did wish that the tale was a little less disjointed. I know why it is, and i accept the reasoning behind it; i simply feel that the story was more confusing than it need be. Perhaps if the present (being held in Beirut) had been in a different type-face...? I don't know. Nevertheless, the literary merit of the book is hardly the purpose for reading it. As the story of a man held for almost five years, four of them, i think, alone, this is remarkable. Not once do you get the feeling that Waite is whining (and why shouldn't he? When he first saw his son again after the captivity he saw "a young man I assumed was Mark"), as was the case of the other book i read from the same experience (was it Terry Anderson? i don't remember). One is filled with respect for Waite and the forbearance he shows his captors; i want to reach out and slap them silly, ask them how they could treat a human being in such a way. But he forgives them. How many men could do that? Apparently this servant of God and the Church is one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A test of faith, January 6, 2002

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Dean R, Anderson (Byron, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taken on Trust (Hardcover)

I have recently finished listening to Terry Waite's story on audio tape. Waite himself read his story. His story is one of those that I will never forget hearing. The absolute deprivation that he and the other hostages faced during those years is impossible to comprehend. I realize now that so many of us take our lives and our faith for granted. His faith was put completely to the test over those five years. It struck me how he repeatedly stated that his sufferings were nothing compared to the suffering that Jesus endured. Although most of us will never be called to suffer in chains as he and so many others have, it is painfully clear that we must always pray for those that do. I think that all people who claim Jesus as their Lord and Savior should read "Taken on Trust."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a fabulous story of the efforts of anunselfish humanbeing!!!, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Taken on Trust (Mitchell Grant Adventures) (Audio Cassette)

I am just very perturbed that this book is no longer available as my autographed copy was lost in a theft from our home. Please advise me if there is another printing being considered.