Chips : The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon

Phoenix, UK, 1996. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 496 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Phoenix, UK, 1996. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 priviliged 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 MP 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1857994930. ISBN/EAN: 9781857994933. Inventory No: 20100032.. 9781857994933