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Diaries, 1984-1997

Af: Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne Engelsk Paperback

Diaries, 1984-1997

Af: Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne Engelsk Paperback
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Despite advancing years, James Lees-Milne''s descriptions of the people he meets, the houses he visits and country life on the Duke of Beaufort''s Badminton estate are sharper than ever.

He continues to enjoy a wide variety of experiences, and vividly recaptures a weekend at Chatsworth, a monastic retreat, a journey in a helicopter, an encounter with Mick Jagger and an intimate lunch with the Prince of Wales. As the grand old man of country house conservation, he becomes a media celebrity, but declines a CBE and refuses to be photographed by Lord Snowdon.

In old age, he draws close to his formidable wife Alvilde, whose death in 1994 both shatters and liberates him, but he remains emotionally interested in members of his own sex.

As always, he is a penetrating commentator on the times. A tour of the Cotswolds makes him ruefully aware of the yuppy trends of the Thatcher era, while he predicts that the victory of New Labour will herald a descent into American-style vulgarity and yob culture.

Witty, waspish, poignant and self-revealing, James Lees-Milnes last diaries contain as much to delight as the first, and confirm his reputation as one of the twentieth century''s great English diarists.

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Despite advancing years, James Lees-Milne''s descriptions of the people he meets, the houses he visits and country life on the Duke of Beaufort''s Badminton estate are sharper than ever.

He continues to enjoy a wide variety of experiences, and vividly recaptures a weekend at Chatsworth, a monastic retreat, a journey in a helicopter, an encounter with Mick Jagger and an intimate lunch with the Prince of Wales. As the grand old man of country house conservation, he becomes a media celebrity, but declines a CBE and refuses to be photographed by Lord Snowdon.

In old age, he draws close to his formidable wife Alvilde, whose death in 1994 both shatters and liberates him, but he remains emotionally interested in members of his own sex.

As always, he is a penetrating commentator on the times. A tour of the Cotswolds makes him ruefully aware of the yuppy trends of the Thatcher era, while he predicts that the victory of New Labour will herald a descent into American-style vulgarity and yob culture.

Witty, waspish, poignant and self-revealing, James Lees-Milnes last diaries contain as much to delight as the first, and confirm his reputation as one of the twentieth century''s great English diarists.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 544
ISBN-13: 9780719568398
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0719568390
Udg. Dato: 23 jul 2009
Længde: 35mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 195mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 23 jul 2009
Forfatter(e) Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne


Kategori Dagbøger, breve og noter


ISBN-13 9780719568398


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 544


Udgave


Længde 35mm


Bredde 131mm


Højde 195mm


Udg. Dato 23 jul 2009


Oplagsdato 23 jul 2009


Forlag John Murray Press

Kategori sammenhænge