James Lees Milne: 3 books

Book cover of Diaries, 1984-1997
by James Lees-Milne, Michael Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011

This final compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers the last fourteen years of his life, when he was living on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate. Old age and infirmity have not dimmed his sharpness, literary skill or interest in the world around him, and his reflection on...
Book cover of Diaries, 1942-1954
by Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011

The diaries of the National Trust's country house expert James Lees-Milne (1908-97) have been hailed as 'one of the treasures of contemporary English literature'. The first of three, this volume, which includes interesting material omitted when the diaries were originally published during the author's...
Book cover of Diaries, 1971-1983
by James Lees-Milne, Michael Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011

Funny, indiscreet, candid, touching and sharply observed, this second compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers his life during his sixties and early seventies, when he was living in Gloucestershire with his formidable wife Alvilde. It vividly portrays life on the Badminton estate...
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