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James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses. Biography He was a noted biographer and historian, and is also considered one of the twentieth century's great diarists. He came from a family of landed gentry and grew up in Worcestershire. He attended Lockers Park Prep School, Eton and Oxford University.
James Lees-Milne. Drama on 4. By Christopher William Hill. Three plays inspired by the diaries of writer and architectural historian James Lees-Milne that chart the decline and fall of the English ...
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4 de set. de 2008 · Michael Bloch. James Lees-Milne (1908–1997) — known to friends as Jim — is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England’s greatest architectural treasures, and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as "the 20th-century Pepys." In this long-awaited biography, Michael Bloch ...
As a young man in the 1970s Michael Bloch was the architectural historian and diarist James Lees- Milne’s last (if, we are assured, platonic) attachment, and later became his literary executor.
1 de jan. de 2005 · It's said among horse breeders that a stallion's last get is his best. This is certainly true of James Lees-Milne. His last two diaries, Ceaseless Turmoil and The Milk of Paradise are equally as wonderful as the first two volumes of the 12 volume series, Ancestral Voices and Prophesying Peace.
- James Lees-Milne
