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The War Years, 1939-1945: Volume II of the Diaries & Letters of Harold Nicolson
The War Years 19391945 Volume II of the Diaries Letters of Harold Nicolson Author:Harold Nicolson "Ever since 1930, Nicolson had consigned to his journals the rich overflow of a capacious mind, sharply honed by the disciplines of scholar, diplomat and writer. Now, within the context of total war, these diaries became a precious storehouse for heightened emotions and sudden insights, for touching vignettes of Britain...and daily barometr... more »ic readings of hope or despair....a superb recorder of those tumultuous times from 1939 to 1945. In Parliament he had a window on history-in-the-mnaking; elsewhere he found the needed leisure and detachment to collate his thoughts, consider the deepr aspects of what he observed, and predict the future." (From the cover flap.) Divided into 6 separate yearly chapters. Extensive index included.« less