Queen Mary And Others
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A literary lion of twentieth-century Britain, Osbert Sitwell turns his sharp, aristocratic eye upon some of the most compelling figures of his age in Queen Mary and Others. The collection presents a series of biographical and critical portraits — anchored by a memorable study of Queen Mary herself — drawing the reader into the drawing rooms, salons, and public ceremonies of an England caught between tradition and modernity. Sitwell's prose is elegant, witty, and laced with the knowing irony of a man who counted kings, artists, and eccentrics among his personal acquaintances. Each portrait illuminates not merely its subject, but the texture of an entire era, making this volume an indispensable record of British cultural and social life in the first half of the twentieth century. Whether the reader comes for royal biography or literary memoir, Sitwell's gift for the telling detail and the perfectly turned phrase ensures that no subject — however grand or humble — escapes without being rendered unforgettable.
Author: Osbert Sitwell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A literary lion of twentieth-century Britain, Osbert Sitwell turns his sharp, aristocratic eye upon some of the most compelling figures of his age in Queen Mary and Others. The collection presents a series of biographical and critical portraits — anchored by a memorable study of Queen Mary herself — drawing the reader into the drawing rooms, salons, and public ceremonies of an England caught between tradition and modernity. Sitwell's prose is elegant, witty, and laced with the knowing irony of a man who counted kings, artists, and eccentrics among his personal acquaintances. Each portrait illuminates not merely its subject, but the texture of an entire era, making this volume an indispensable record of British cultural and social life in the first half of the twentieth century. Whether the reader comes for royal biography or literary memoir, Sitwell's gift for the telling detail and the perfectly turned phrase ensures that no subject — however grand or humble — escapes without being rendered unforgettable.