The twelfth and final volume of James Lees-Milne's magnificent diary covers the last five years of his life, until a few weeks before his death at the age of eighty-nine. Old age and infirmity have not diminished his interest in life, and he expresses sharp and original views on everything from modern architecture to New Labour. After the loss of his bossy but beloved wife Alvilde, he devotes himself to visiting friends, observing their habits and relishing their gossip and anecdotes. Whether describing an afternoon with ...
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The twelfth and final volume of James Lees-Milne's magnificent diary covers the last five years of his life, until a few weeks before his death at the age of eighty-nine. Old age and infirmity have not diminished his interest in life, and he expresses sharp and original views on everything from modern architecture to New Labour. After the loss of his bossy but beloved wife Alvilde, he devotes himself to visiting friends, observing their habits and relishing their gossip and anecdotes. Whether describing an afternoon with the Prince of Wales, a week-end at Chatsworth, a nostalgic return to the scenes of his youth or a day at the latest London exhibitions, he displays the same mixture of candour, waspish wit, eloquent exasperation and human understanding which has delighted his readers since the first of these volumes appeared in 1975.
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First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 15cm), xv, 319pp. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0719565804.
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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (casing with slight lean-otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 319, illus with b&w frontispiece (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).
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F- in F jacket. F-/F. 8vo. original charcoal boards gilt (a trifle slanted) in dustwrapper; pp. xvi (last blank), 320, with illustrations. A fine copy. The twelfth volume of diaries, covering the years 1993 to 1997.
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