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James Lees-Milne
Engelsk Paperback
James Lees-Milne
Engelsk Paperback

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James Lees-Milne (1908-97) - known to friends as Jim - is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England''s greatest architectural treasures, and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as ''the twentieth-century Pepys''. In this long-awaited biography, Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters. It describes Jim''s bisexual love life, his tempestuous marriage to the exotic Alvilde, and his friendship with other fascinating literary figures including John Betjeman, Robert Byron, Rosamond Lehmann, and the Mitford sisters (whose brother Tom had been Jim''s great love at Eton). It depicts a man who was romantically attached to the England of his childhood and felt out of tune with his own times, but who left an enduring legacy through the preservation of country houses and his eloquent chronicling of a dying world.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9780719565502
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0719565502
Udg. Dato:
22 jul 2010
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
John Murray Press
Oplagsdato:
22 jul 2010
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