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If Duff Cooper's name has dimmed in the 50 years since his death, publication of these diaries will bring him to the fore once again. His family have long resisted publication - indeed Duff Cooper's nephew, the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, was so shocked by the sexual revelations that he suggested to John Julius Norwich that it might be best for all concerned if they were burnt.
14 de jul. de 2022 · Cooper, Duff, Viscount Norwich, 1890-1954, Cooper, Duff, Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography, Hommes d'État -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies, Manners and customs, Politics and government, Statesmen, Biografie, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century, Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century, Grande ...
Biographical / Historical. (Alfred) Duff Cooper was born in February 1890, the son of Sir Alfred Cooper and Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Flower. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. In October 1913 he joined the Foreign Office but was released in June 1917 to join the army as a Subaltern in the Grenadier Guards.
16 de jun. de 2011 · Books. Old Men Forget. Duff Cooper. Faber & Faber, Jun 16, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 400 pages. Politician, poet and diplomat, Lord Norwich - better known as Duff Cooper - compiled his autobiography with the aid of his detailed and frank diaries. The many entries he quotes in these pages lend immediacy and humour to some of the most ...
The Duff Cooper Prize was founded in memory of Alfred Duff Cooper by his friends, who wished to honour his love of books. Duff, though best known as a politician and diplomat, was also a successful writer of history, poetry and biography. As he declared in his autobiography, Old Men Forget: ‘Buying books has always been my weakness, and I ...
