King's Counsellor - Abdication War: Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles edited by Duff Hart

Zusatztext I greatly enjoyed KING'S COUNSELLOR Informationen zum Autor Sir Alan {known as 'Tommy'] Lascelles served four monarchs - George V, Edward VIII, George VI and the present Queen, the last two as Private Secretary. Duff Hart-Davis is a writer and journalist. His books include Fauna Britannica and Audubon's Elephant. He was Literary Editor and Assistant Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and was been country columnist for The Independent 1986-2001. He lives and farms in Gloucestershire. Klappentext Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Vorwort 'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in the Netflix hit The Crown . These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household during the abdication crisis, the second world war and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair 'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator Zusammenfassung 'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in the Netflix hit The Crown. These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household during the abdication crisis, the second world war and the Princess Margaret-Peter Townsend affair'Brilliantly entertaining and historically priceless' Spectator

Product details

• Authors: Alan Lascelles, Sir Alan Lascelles
• Assisted by: Duff Hart-Davis (Editor), Hart-Davis Duff (Editor)
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781474618205
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1820-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Diaries, letters & journals, HISTORY / Military / World War II, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Second World War, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Diaries, letters and journals