The Diaries Of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart: Volume One 1915-1938
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.
Few figures in twentieth-century British history lived as dangerously and as vividly as Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart — diplomat, spy, journalist, and diarist extraordinary. Volume One of his diaries, spanning the tumultuous years of 1915 to 1938, chronicles his firsthand encounters with the convulsions of the Russian Revolution, his notorious plot against the Bolsheviks, and the gathering storm clouds of another world war, all recorded with the sharp eye of a man who stood at the very centre of power. Edited with scholarly care by Kenneth Young, this collection presents Lockhart's private voice in full — candid, witty, and bracingly indiscreet — offering an intimate portrait of an age defined by upheaval and intrigue. His diaries illuminate the corridors of diplomacy and the drawing rooms of Europe's elite with equal authority, capturing statesmen, artists, and adventurers in unguarded moments. For readers who hunger for history lived from the inside, this is a document of rare and irresistible power.
Author: Kenneth Young (Ed.)
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.
Few figures in twentieth-century British history lived as dangerously and as vividly as Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart — diplomat, spy, journalist, and diarist extraordinary. Volume One of his diaries, spanning the tumultuous years of 1915 to 1938, chronicles his firsthand encounters with the convulsions of the Russian Revolution, his notorious plot against the Bolsheviks, and the gathering storm clouds of another world war, all recorded with the sharp eye of a man who stood at the very centre of power. Edited with scholarly care by Kenneth Young, this collection presents Lockhart's private voice in full — candid, witty, and bracingly indiscreet — offering an intimate portrait of an age defined by upheaval and intrigue. His diaries illuminate the corridors of diplomacy and the drawing rooms of Europe's elite with equal authority, capturing statesmen, artists, and adventurers in unguarded moments. For readers who hunger for history lived from the inside, this is a document of rare and irresistible power.