
Twenty-Four Partial Portraits
Francis Russell(Author)
Francis Russell (Publisher)
Published on 27. September 2024
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-3999-9518-4 (ISBN)
Description
This
book celebrates the lives of friends, all much missed, to whom the
writer has an enduring sense of debt. Some made notable contributions in
their chosen spheres: George Finch as mountaineer and scientist; James
Byam Shaw, Sir Brinsley Ford, David Carritt, Sir John Pope-Hennessy and
Benedict Nicholson as connoisseurs and art historians; Uguccione Ranieri
and Sir Steven Runciman as historians; Penelope Betjeman as a travel
writer; Derek Hill as a painter; Contessa Marina Lulung-Buschetti and
her sister, Contessa Anna Maria Cicogna, Gervase Jackson-Stops, M and
Mme Emmanuel de Margerie and the 6th Marquess of Bute to the
preservation and restoration of buildings; while Mrs Vincent Astor and
Drue Heinz were outstandingly generous and perceptive supporters of
numerous civilized and civilizing causes. The lives of some, notably
Richard Cecil, were tragically cut short; others like Sir David Scott,
Lady Bonham-Carter and the Duke of Portland survived to represent links
with what then seemed a distant past.
book celebrates the lives of friends, all much missed, to whom the
writer has an enduring sense of debt. Some made notable contributions in
their chosen spheres: George Finch as mountaineer and scientist; James
Byam Shaw, Sir Brinsley Ford, David Carritt, Sir John Pope-Hennessy and
Benedict Nicholson as connoisseurs and art historians; Uguccione Ranieri
and Sir Steven Runciman as historians; Penelope Betjeman as a travel
writer; Derek Hill as a painter; Contessa Marina Lulung-Buschetti and
her sister, Contessa Anna Maria Cicogna, Gervase Jackson-Stops, M and
Mme Emmanuel de Margerie and the 6th Marquess of Bute to the
preservation and restoration of buildings; while Mrs Vincent Astor and
Drue Heinz were outstandingly generous and perceptive supporters of
numerous civilized and civilizing causes. The lives of some, notably
Richard Cecil, were tragically cut short; others like Sir David Scott,
Lady Bonham-Carter and the Duke of Portland survived to represent links
with what then seemed a distant past.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3999-9518-4 (9781399995184)
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