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"A rueful, funny and affecting account of the ecstasies and absurdities of late-flowering love." -- Peter Parker, TLS "Raw Emotions, fearlessly expressed, spice every page." -- Duff Hart-Davis, Independent "Unquestionably one of the greatest English diarists, a rival of Peyps" -- David Watkin
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
James Lees-Milne in this volume of his diaries opined that a great diarist ought to go nowhere and know no one. Of course, L-M transcended this dictum and merrily did just the opposite, to the infinite benefit of the reader. Any one L-M diary should be seen as an episode in a long-running non-fiction saga, with real people as characters, and a plot line dictated by the uncertainty of life itself. In this installment, L-M is as just as acutely insighful, but more compassionate than in his earlier diaries, perhaps because of the suffering and loss he himself experiences. His descriptions of the countryside are as masterful and evocative as ever. The vignettes he records are always fascinating and often hilariously revealing. Crisply edited by Michael Bloch. The footnotes are helpful, but often leave out subtexts which only those who know will understand.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really miss J L-M. A sad day when we learned there would be no new diaries after so many years and so many volumes. The upside is they're so re-readable, so at least, in a sense, they're still with us.
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4 Dec 2003
Format:Paperback
Not quite as good as Beneath A Waning Moon (which is simply wonderful), and I can't quite put my finger on the reason why. Perhaps it's because Michael Bloch hadn't quite hit his stride as JL-M's editor, but it's still a fine book, anyway. JL-M even here is miles ahead of Fanny Partridge (a competant but naif and essentially bedint diarist), even in this volume. One really ought to buy all the Less-Milne Diaries and read them twice (or more), at least.
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