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A humorous, waspish and intriguing perormance. --The Times
'This is an old-fashioned publication, but none the worse for that. Its miscellaneous nature makes it an excellent beside book, providing sophisticated entertainment as one slips into sleep. The notebooks have been edited by Richard Davenport-Hines with a meticulousness or perhaps that should be meticulum that would have pleased their author.' --Literary Review
'This book has been superbly edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, whose notes are models of both pithiness and omniscience...this is an extraordinarily rich record of an unusually rich mind one of the most interesting people in recent English intellectual life, caught at one of the most vital moments in English history.' --Standpoint
Richard Davenport-Hines has ably edited the wartime diaries of Trevor-Roper himself, and they prove vastly more entertaining and instructive than anything the Führer could have written. --Nigel Jones, The Daily Telegraph
'This book has been superbly edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, whose notes are models of both pithiness and omniscience...this is an extraordinarily rich record of an unusually rich mind one of the most interesting people in recent English intellectual life, caught at one of the most vital moments in English history.' --Standpoint
Richard Davenport-Hines...edits [the journals] with a wit and scholarship worthy of his subject...the unique view that the journals do provide... is one of the author himself, and one worth having. --Michael Howard, TLS
...with his own sharp, bright footnotes, by Richard Davenport-Hines, The Wartime Journals should quite simply join the great diaries...In the way of great diaries, The Wartime Journals call up the absurdity of detail. --Edward Pearce, Tribune
'This is an old-fashioned publication, but none the worse for that. Its miscellaneous nature makes it an excellent beside book, providing sophisticated entertainment as one slips into sleep. The notebooks have been edited by Richard Davenport-Hines with a meticulousness or perhaps that should be meticulum that would have pleased their author.' --Literary Review
'This book has been superbly edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, whose notes are models of both pithiness and omniscience...this is an extraordinarily rich record of an unusually rich mind one of the most interesting people in recent English intellectual life, caught at one of the most vital moments in English history.' --Standpoint
Richard Davenport-Hines has ably edited the wartime diaries of Trevor-Roper himself, and they prove vastly more entertaining and instructive than anything the Führer could have written. --Nigel Jones, The Daily Telegraph
'This book has been superbly edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, whose notes are models of both pithiness and omniscience...this is an extraordinarily rich record of an unusually rich mind one of the most interesting people in recent English intellectual life, caught at one of the most vital moments in English history.' --Standpoint
Richard Davenport-Hines...edits [the journals] with a wit and scholarship worthy of his subject...the unique view that the journals do provide... is one of the author himself, and one worth having. --Michael Howard, TLS
...with his own sharp, bright footnotes, by Richard Davenport-Hines, The Wartime Journals should quite simply join the great diaries...In the way of great diaries, The Wartime Journals call up the absurdity of detail. --Edward Pearce, Tribune
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."..the surviving "Wartime Journals, " now excellently edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, provide us with a fascinating insight into Trevor-Roper himself and the war as well....Often the style of the journals is so highly developed that one has to remind oneself that the author was not even 30 when he put down his thoughts and experiences...."- Brendan Simms, "The Wall Street Journal"
"This is an intriguing book, brilliantly footnoted." - "The Times" (UK)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Hugh Trevor-Roper's _Wartime Journals_, skilfully edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, makes a compelling read: by turns witty, inspired, and shrewdly self-observant. These journals also provide welcome insight into the maturation of a great historian, especially his quest for a suitable style. The close-knit world of pre-War Oxford opens out onto the grander reach of Trevor-Roper's experience before and during World War II. We enter the hopes and fears of a courageous sensitive man, classically educated and alert to nature, as in his late twenties and early thirties he confronts a world at war. The subject matter is pleasingly various: country sports whether in his native Northumberland or parts closer the Thames Valley; friendships whether with the high-powered philosopher Gilbert Ryle or the seductive aesthete Logan Pearsall Smith; the breakthroughs and the confusions of British Intelligence during the war; a gallery of Oxford characters and many more beyond; travels near and far; life being fully lived. Of the spate of Trevor-Ropiana that has issued since his death, this with his life of Mayerne are the two books we could not have anticipated: two very different and wholly rewarding expressions of a real historian and fine writer at work.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is not the easiest of 'reads', but well worth the effort. It provides so much information and so many insights that do not appear in the many history tesxs that describe this era. The book has certianly spurred me on to investigate further. On a diferent level it is interesting to gain insights into the individual himself; a very atypical person.
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A great book, finely edited.
Hugh Trevor-Roper as a young man was starting his academic career as an historian when World War II disrupted all life. This extremely smart and extraordinarily well read scholar served in British intelligence and, at war's conclusion, established the facts surrounding Hitler's death in Berlin.
Many of these journal entries have nothing directly to do with the war, but are random reflections on life, history, religion, fox-hunting, Oxford, and friendships with such people as Logan Pearsall Smith.
The introductions to many books are a waste, but one should read Richard Davenport-Hines' foreword, which sets the context for the materiel that follows. This careful editor also provides many piquant and informative footnotes throughout the book.
A good comprehensive biography is out this publishing season on Trevor-Roper :"An Honourable Englishman" by Adam Sisman. However, if you are forced to choose between these two books, I recommend that you spend your time with "The Wartime Journals."
Hugh Trevor-Roper as a young man was starting his academic career as an historian when World War II disrupted all life. This extremely smart and extraordinarily well read scholar served in British intelligence and, at war's conclusion, established the facts surrounding Hitler's death in Berlin.
Many of these journal entries have nothing directly to do with the war, but are random reflections on life, history, religion, fox-hunting, Oxford, and friendships with such people as Logan Pearsall Smith.
The introductions to many books are a waste, but one should read Richard Davenport-Hines' foreword, which sets the context for the materiel that follows. This careful editor also provides many piquant and informative footnotes throughout the book.
A good comprehensive biography is out this publishing season on Trevor-Roper :"An Honourable Englishman" by Adam Sisman. However, if you are forced to choose between these two books, I recommend that you spend your time with "The Wartime Journals."
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