The Harold Nicolson Diaries 1907-1964
Book description
One of the great 20th century political diaries
'A tremendous read' SPECTATOR
'One stops to marvel at the achievement. Honesty, decency, modesty, magnanimity, are stamped on every page, as evident as the wit' EVENING STANDARD
Harold Nicolson was one of the three great political diarists of the 20th century (along…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Harold Nicolson Diaries 1907-1964 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Like Colville, Nicolson is not very important in himself (a backbench MP for most of the time) but one who matters because he knows so many greater figures and because he writes with such honesty – particularly interesting when his predictions turn out to be wrong. If you get hooked, you can read the earlier edition, which is in three volumes.
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