Diaries And Letters: 1930-39, 1939-45, 1945-62
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Vol I - reprint. Vol II & III - 1st eds.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners across all three volumes Vol _ - price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. The three volumes show age-consistent wear with some fading to the cloth boards and dust jackets.
Harold Nicolson's Diaries and Letters is a landmark three-volume biographical series that chronicles the life and times of one of Britain's most distinguished diplomats, politicians, and literary figures across three decades of turbulent history. Edited by his son Nigel Nicolson, the collection spans from 1930 to 1962, capturing Nicolson's intimate observations on the political upheavals of the pre-war years, the harrowing realities of World War II, and the reshaping of post-war Britain and Europe. Written with candour, wit, and intellectual precision, the diaries and correspondence offer an unparalleled insider's perspective on the corridors of power, literary society, and international diplomacy. As a confidant to statesmen and a friend to literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Nicolson's voice carries both the gravitas of a public servant and the sensitivity of a seasoned writer. Together, the three volumes present an extraordinarily rich portrait of mid-twentieth-century Britain as seen through one of its most perceptive observers.
Author: Harold Nicolson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Collins
Genre: Biography
Edition: Vol I - reprint. Vol II & III - 1st eds.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners across all three volumes Vol _ - price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. The three volumes show age-consistent wear with some fading to the cloth boards and dust jackets.
Harold Nicolson's Diaries and Letters is a landmark three-volume biographical series that chronicles the life and times of one of Britain's most distinguished diplomats, politicians, and literary figures across three decades of turbulent history. Edited by his son Nigel Nicolson, the collection spans from 1930 to 1962, capturing Nicolson's intimate observations on the political upheavals of the pre-war years, the harrowing realities of World War II, and the reshaping of post-war Britain and Europe. Written with candour, wit, and intellectual precision, the diaries and correspondence offer an unparalleled insider's perspective on the corridors of power, literary society, and international diplomacy. As a confidant to statesmen and a friend to literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Nicolson's voice carries both the gravitas of a public servant and the sensitivity of a seasoned writer. Together, the three volumes present an extraordinarily rich portrait of mid-twentieth-century Britain as seen through one of its most perceptive observers.