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James Lees-Milne
James Lees-Milne is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England's greatest architectural treasures. Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters.
Diaries, 1942-1954
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 lifetime, covers the years 1942 to 1954, beginning with his wartime visits to hard-pressed country house owners, and ending with his marriage to the exotic Alvilde Chaplin.
Fourteen Friends
Diarist James Lees-Milne presents sketches of fourteen of his friends who unknowingly helped form his values. They include Vita Sackville-West, Sacheverell Sitwell, James Pope-Hennessy and Henry Yorke.
Another Self
The autobiography of James Lees-Milne. We see him as a flimsy, pious child re-enacting with rotten fish before his astonished father the story of Tobias, while the angel makes off with the loot. We watch him start at prep school with an entrance so absurd it haunts him until the day he leaves. Disgraceful scenes at a roadhouse in Bray led to an early exit from Eton, and he drives his Mitford friends' egregious Farv almost to apoplexy.
Who Knew? Physics
You’ll feel like a genius after reading this collection of amazing physics facts. In Who Knew? Physics, you’ll learn the mind-blowing answers to questions about the way our universe works. They might be questions you have always wanted to ask, or maybe ones that you have never considered until now. But they will all leave you saying, “Who knew?” So if you’re bursting to know where the sky becomes space, or if a butterfly could really cause a tornado, this is the book for you. These pages are packed with information, and each chapter concludes with a quiz to test your knowledge so that you will be able to dazzle your friends and family with some incredible insights.
Diaries, 1971-1983
James Lees-Milne (1908-97) has been hailed as the greatest English diarist of the twentieth century. Funny, indiscreet, candid, touching and sharply observed, his journals both reveal a fascinating personality and hold up a mirror to the times. This second compilation from the original twelve volumes, also incorporating interesting new material, covers his life during his sixties and early seventies, when he was living in Gloucestershire with his formidable wife Alvilde. Having made his name as the country house expert of the National Trust and a writer on architecture, he sought to establish himself as a novelist and biographer. With some misgivings he published his wartime diaries, little imagining that it was as a diarist that he would achieve lasting fame. These diaries vividly portray the vicissitudes of a writer's lot, the merry-go-round of life on the Badminton estate of the eccentric Duke of Beaufort, and meetings with many friends including John Betjeman, Bruce Chatwin and the Mitford sisters.
