Diaries 1942-1945
Ancestral Voices & Prophesying Peace
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Author
Publication
1996-12-01 - John Murray
Word Count
140,000 words, Guess
Page Count
560 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100719555906
- ISBN-139780719555909
- Goodreads3639621
- LibraryThing388337
- Open LibraryOL7860605M
Classifications
- DDC828.91409
Description
this volume covers its first dozen years, beginning with his return to work for the National Trust during the Second World War, and ending with his tempestuous marriage to the exotic Alvilde Chaplin. The diary vividly portrays the hectic social life of London during the Blitz, when in the intervals between struggling to save a disintegrating architectural heritage he enjoys a dizzying variety of romantic experiences with both sexes. His descriptions of visits to harassed country-house owners are as perceptive as they are hilarious. With the war's end, the mood changes as he portrays a world of gloom and austerity. He shares the prevailing pessimism, yet during these years arranges the transfer of some of England's loveliest houses to the safe keeping of the National Trust. Finally he escapes from England to live on the Continent with his beautiful paramour, yet remains restless and dissatisfied.
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