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James Lees-Milne

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James Lees-Milne was surely one of the greatest diarists of the century. As a key member of the fledgling National Trust, he spent years inspecting historic buildings offered by eccentric or impecunious owners to the NT and he recorded his observations in several volumes which bristle with wit, malice, gossip and (often scandalous) anecdote. Lees-Milne loved fine objects and weird people in equal measure and he wrote about both with unfailing grace and acuity.

Publications

bulletDiaries 1942-45: "Ancestral Voices" and "Prophesying Peace
bulletDiaries 1946-49: "Caves of Ice" and "Midway on the Waves”
bulletMingled Measure: Diaries 1953-72 pbk £11.99
bulletAncient As The Hills: Diaries 1973-74
bulletThrough Wood and Dale: Diaries 1975-78
bulletPeople and Places : Country House Donors and the National Trust
bulletFourteen Friends
bulletAnother Self pbk £9.99
bulletBachelor Duke: Life of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858
bulletDeep Romantic Chasm: Diaries, 1979-1981
bulletEarls Of Creation
bulletRoman Mornings pbk £9.99
bulletHoly Dread: Diaries 1982-1984 pbk £11.99
bulletWilliam Beckford pbk £5.99
bulletBeneath A Waning Moon: Diaries 1985-1987
bulletAncestral Voices: Diaries 1942-1943 pbk £11.99
bulletProphesying Peace: Diaries 1944-1945 pbk £11.99
bulletCeaseless Turmoil: Diaries 1988-1992 hbk £25pbk £14.99
bulletCaves Of Ice: Diaries 1946-1947 pbk £11.99
bulletMidway On The Waves: Diaries 1948-1949 pbk £11.99
bulletThe Milk Of Paradise: Diaries 1993-1997 hbk £25
bulletA Mingled Measure: Diaries 1953-1972 pbk £11.99
bulletAncient As The Hills: Diaries 1973-1974 pbk £11.99
bulletDiaries, 1942-1954 hbk £25
bulletDiaries, 1971-1983 hbk £25
bulletDiaries: 1984-1997 hbk £30

 

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