Thirty Years
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
A literary life lived at the intersection of royalty, war, and world affairs — Thirty Years is Hector Bolitho's compelling memoir chronicling three remarkable decades of experience as one of the twentieth century's most well-travelled and well-connected writers. With characteristic candour and wit, Bolitho recounts his encounters with kings and statesmen, artists and soldiers, weaving personal anecdote with broader historical narrative to produce a portrait of an era in vivid, intimate detail. From his native New Zealand to the corridors of British power, he charts a life shaped by curiosity, privilege, and an insatiable appetite for the world. Bolitho's prose is refined and assured, carrying the hallmarks of a man who counted royalty among his subjects and diplomats among his friends — his biographical works on figures such as King Edward VIII and Queen Victoria established him as a distinguished voice in royal and political history. Thirty Years stands as both a personal reckoning and a cultural document, offering readers a rare window into the mid-century world as witnessed by a sharp, cosmopolitan observer. What truths did those thirty years ultimately reveal to a man who saw so much of the world's pageantry from the inside?
Author: Hector Bolitho
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
A literary life lived at the intersection of royalty, war, and world affairs — Thirty Years is Hector Bolitho's compelling memoir chronicling three remarkable decades of experience as one of the twentieth century's most well-travelled and well-connected writers. With characteristic candour and wit, Bolitho recounts his encounters with kings and statesmen, artists and soldiers, weaving personal anecdote with broader historical narrative to produce a portrait of an era in vivid, intimate detail. From his native New Zealand to the corridors of British power, he charts a life shaped by curiosity, privilege, and an insatiable appetite for the world. Bolitho's prose is refined and assured, carrying the hallmarks of a man who counted royalty among his subjects and diplomats among his friends — his biographical works on figures such as King Edward VIII and Queen Victoria established him as a distinguished voice in royal and political history. Thirty Years stands as both a personal reckoning and a cultural document, offering readers a rare window into the mid-century world as witnessed by a sharp, cosmopolitan observer. What truths did those thirty years ultimately reveal to a man who saw so much of the world's pageantry from the inside?