James lee s milne diaries 2019

THE DIARIES

JLM was both a prolific and versatile author.

These diaries of James Lee-Milne are lively, frank and often witty and scandalous.

These diaries of James Lee-Milne are lively, frank and often witty and scandalous.

This volume covers its first dozen years, beginning with his return to work for the National Trust during the Second World War, and ending with his tempestuous.

The diaries of James Lees-Milne were originally published in twelve volumes between and Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne's literary executor and.

James Lees-Milne was 'the man who saved England', as Country Houses Secretary for the National Trust from to

The diary is about everyday health, the weather, what he thinks about this that and the other thing.

Altogether he brought out thirty-four volumes during his lifetime, including works of architectural and general history, biographies, novels and memoirs.

It is however mainly for his diaries that he is now remembered, which have been described as 'one of the treasures of contemporary English literature'.

Many have hailed him as the greatest English diarist of the twentieth century, and compared him to Samuel Pepys. As well as providing a wealth of fascinating detail about his work, friendships and attachments, JLM's diaries are remarkable for the sharpness with which he observes the world around him, the candour with which he writes about himself and others, his alternation of tone between the comic and the poignant, and his ability to capture the essence of a scene in a few words.

There were in fact two distinct periods during which he kept a regular diary, separated by more than two