{"product_id":"9781861972460-secondhand-old-friends-and-modern-instances","title":"Old Friends And Modern Instances","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a delightful book, Nicholas Henderson turns the pages of a varied and interesting life, and remembers.  The memories are mostly portraits, often triggered off by passing incidents.  The subjects range widely: a Bloomsbury childhood, a prep-school politician in the making, indoor games with the Kennedy family, tennis with Roy Jenkins, a demanding fishing trip in Kurdistan, a ball at Chatsworth, conversations with Isaiah Berlin, the flashing wit of Mrs. Ian Fleming, lunch with Mrs. Thatcher, a Sissinghurt weekend, dons and writers, politicians and country people - are just some of them.  These are not formal portraits, but snapshots, sidelong glances...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883014828251,"sku":"9781861972460-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9781861972460-us-300.jpg?v=1781671720","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781861972460-secondhand-old-friends-and-modern-instances","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}