James Lees-Milne

Zusatztext 'A unique insight into the workings of our charity in its early days... and more' Informationen zum Autor Michael Bloch read law at St John's College, Cambridge and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. Appointed James Lees-Milne's literary executor in 1997, he edited the final five volumes of the complete diary as well as abridging it into three volumes, DIARIES, 1942-1954, DIARIES, 1971-1983 and DIARIES, 1984-1997. He also wrote the acclaimed biography, JAMES LEES-MILNE: THE LIFE. Find out more at www.jamesleesmilne.com Klappentext The authorized biography of 'the greatest diarist of our times' Zusammenfassung The authorized biography of 'the greatest diarist of our times'

Report

'His biography is disciplined, compact, elegant and tender, and equally illuminating, suggestive and commodius abouit all the compartmentalized little platoons that Lees-Milne served,' Richard Davenport-Hines, Time Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bloch, Bloch Michael
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.07.2010
• EAN: 9780719565502
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6550-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Biography: writers, Non fiction: biographies, memoirs