
Chips
The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
Henry Channon(Author)
Robert Rhodes James(Editor)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-84212-065-1 (ISBN)
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Description
'And what is more dull than a discreet diary? One might just as well have a discreet soul' Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon's extraordinary diaries, first published in 1967, are now considered a modern classic. The years covered in this volume, 1934-53, recall a vanished world where Channon's privileged orbit circled every social and public figure of the day in a round of parties, balls, country-house weekends and endless gossip. His position as a Member of Parliament enabled him to chronicle, famously, the Abdication Crisis, when King Edward VIII's love for 'jolly, plain, unprepossessing' Mrs Simpson reduced him to 'a broken man at bay'. Culled from some three million words in the original, Robert Rhodes James's selection gives us the moments and characters of history, etched indelibly by a master observer.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84212-065-1 (9781842120651)
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Chips Channon | Robert Rhodes James
`Chips' Diaries of Henry Channon
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08/1996
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
€41.07
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