{"product_id":"2026200011710-secondhand-thirty-years","title":"Thirty Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\n\nBolitho'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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130864410843,"sku":"2026200011710-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6ae3e419-94e7-4bb8-83a4-a7379bd31019.png?v=1786591405","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011710-secondhand-thirty-years","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}