When the diaries of Harold Nicolson were first published in three volumes in 1966-68, they were widely acclaimed as an incomparable record of their period. Harold Wilson was an MP from 1935 to 1945, and a Junior Minister in Churchill's wartime government. He was the only person to be present at the Versailles Peace Conference, the Nuremberg Trials and the 1946 Paris Peace Conference. He was also a well-known journalist, broadcaster and writer, and knew many of the most eminent men and women of his day, from Virginia Woolf ...
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When the diaries of Harold Nicolson were first published in three volumes in 1966-68, they were widely acclaimed as an incomparable record of their period. Harold Wilson was an MP from 1935 to 1945, and a Junior Minister in Churchill's wartime government. He was the only person to be present at the Versailles Peace Conference, the Nuremberg Trials and the 1946 Paris Peace Conference. He was also a well-known journalist, broadcaster and writer, and knew many of the most eminent men and women of his day, from Virginia Woolf and W.H. Auden to Wallis Simpson and Lord Beaverbrook. His wife was the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, and together they created the famous garden at Sissinghurst. Marked by the diverstiy of his interests and the irony of his style, Harold Nicolson's diary is a record of his life and times, as well as a historical document.
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Add this copy of Harold Nicolson Diaries to cart. $14.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Flamingo.
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Add this copy of Diaries and Letters 1930-1964: Edited and Condensed By to cart. $17.30, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1996 by Flamingo.
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Very Good. 8vo. 436pp, index. Paperback with remainder line on the lower page edges by the spine. The book covers three periods 1930-1939; The War; and 1945-1964.
