{"product_id":"the-harold-nicolson-diaries-19071964-19191968-9780753819975","title":"The Harold Nicolson Diaries 19071964 19191968","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the great 20th century political diaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A tremendous read'' SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One stops to marvel at the achievement. Honesty, decency, modesty, magnanimity, are stamped on every page, as evident as the wit'' EVENING STANDARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold Nicolson was one of the three great political diarists of the 20th century (along with Chips Channon and Alan Clark).  Nicolson was an MP (Conservative, 1935-45, who also flirted with Labour after WWII). He had previously been in the Foreign Office and attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and material from his period is included in this new edition for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicolson never achieved high office, but rarely a day went by when he didn''t record what was going on at Westminster. He socialised widely, was married to the poet and author Vita Sackville-West, and together they created the famous garden at Sissinghurst. Both were bi-sexuals and had affairs outside their marriage. This new edi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tremendous read * SPECTATOR *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, witty and wise. His son Nigel has edited them brilliantly -- Noel Coward\u003cbr\u003eNicolson's great gift as a diarist is that he does not simply record events: he brings those events and the characters in them brilliantly to life. His diary entries are astonishingly rich min-portraits of people and places, with a telling eye for detail... Brilliant, riveting stuff * TRIBUNE *\u003cbr\u003eThe book as a historical document has so many merits that it is hard to know where to begin * GUARDIAN *\u003cbr\u003eOne stops to marvel at the achievement. Honesty, decency, modesty, magnanimity, are stamped on every page, as evident as the wit * EVENING STANDARD *\u003cbr\u003eHe remains completely unaware that he is tapping out a masterpiece. As lively as Creevey or the de Goncourts * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eNot only a brilliant portrait of English society, but a touching self-portrait of a highly intelligent and civilised man driven by conscience and curiosity to enter politics -- Kenneth Clark\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, witty and wise. His son Nigel has edited them brilliantly -- Noel Coward\u003cbr\u003eHe was clever and highly observant and a little absurd, and right at the centre of things. No two pages pass without something to alight on with pleasure . . . A tremendous read * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eNicolson's great gift as a diarist is that he does not simply recoprd events: he brings those events and the characters in them brilliantly to life. His diary entries are astonishingly rich min-portraits of people and places, with a telling eye for detail... Brilliant, riveting stuff. * TRIBUNE *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737056063831,"sku":"9780753819975","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-harold-nicolson-diaries-19071964-19191968-9780753819975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}