Diaries, 1942-1954

Zusatztext 'Without question one of the finest diarists of the 20th century' Informationen zum Autor Born in 1953, Michael Bloch read law at St John's College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. He worked for Maître Suzanne Blum, the Parisian lawyer of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and wrote six books about the couple. His other subjects include Hitler's foreign minister Ribbentrop, F. M. Alexander (founder of the Alexander Technique) and the politician Jeremy Thorpe. He met James Lees-Milne in 1979, became his literary executor on his death in 1997, has edited the final five volumes of his diary and is currently writing his biography. Klappentext The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times' The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Zusammenfassung The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times'

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Born in 1953, Michael Bloch read law at St John's College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. He worked for Maître Suzanne Blum, the Parisian lawyer of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and wrote six books about the couple. His other subjects include Hitler's foreign minister Ribbentrop, F. M. Alexander (founder of the Alexander Technique) and the politician Jeremy Thorpe. He met James Lees-Milne in 1979, became his literary executor on his death in 1997, has edited the final five volumes of his diary and is currently writing his biography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Bloch, Michael Lees-Milne Bloch, Bloch Michael, James Lees-Milne, James Bloch Lees-Milne, Lees-Milne James
• Verlag: John Murray
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.10.2007
• EAN: 9780719566813
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6681-3
• Seiten: 512
• Abmessung: 133 mm x 197 mm x 33 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Singen, Musizieren; Sachbuch > Musik, Film, Theater > Klassik, Oper, Operette, Musical; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Prose: non-fiction, MUSIC / Printed Music / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Autobiography: writers, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Non fiction: biographies, memoirs