Diaries 1915-1918
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the intersection of privilege and catastrophe, Lady Cynthia Asquith's Diaries 1915-1918 presents an intimate, unfiltered chronicle of life in Britain during the most devastating years of the First World War, written by a woman uniquely positioned at the heart of Edwardian high society. As the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, Lady Cynthia moves through drawing rooms and dinner parties even as the war consumes husbands, brothers, and friends, her entries capturing grief, anxiety, and resilience with extraordinary candour and precision. With a foreword by the celebrated novelist L. P. Hartley, the diary gains an additional literary dimension, situating it firmly within the tradition of great personal testimony. Beyond its historical value, this work stands as a remarkable document of a world transforming irrevocably — the old certainties of Edwardian England dissolving entry by entry under the weight of industrial-scale loss. Lady Cynthia's prose is sharp, observational, and emotionally intelligent, chronicling not only the grand machinery of war but the deeply human cost borne by women left to wait and mourn. For readers of social history, wartime memoir, or simply fine personal writing, this diary leaves one haunted by the quiet courage of those who bore witness.
Author: Lady Cynthia Asquith
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the intersection of privilege and catastrophe, Lady Cynthia Asquith's Diaries 1915-1918 presents an intimate, unfiltered chronicle of life in Britain during the most devastating years of the First World War, written by a woman uniquely positioned at the heart of Edwardian high society. As the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, Lady Cynthia moves through drawing rooms and dinner parties even as the war consumes husbands, brothers, and friends, her entries capturing grief, anxiety, and resilience with extraordinary candour and precision. With a foreword by the celebrated novelist L. P. Hartley, the diary gains an additional literary dimension, situating it firmly within the tradition of great personal testimony. Beyond its historical value, this work stands as a remarkable document of a world transforming irrevocably — the old certainties of Edwardian England dissolving entry by entry under the weight of industrial-scale loss. Lady Cynthia's prose is sharp, observational, and emotionally intelligent, chronicling not only the grand machinery of war but the deeply human cost borne by women left to wait and mourn. For readers of social history, wartime memoir, or simply fine personal writing, this diary leaves one haunted by the quiet courage of those who bore witness.