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10 de set. de 2009 · Rosemary Hill. 3743 words. James Lees-Milne: The Life. by Michael Bloch. Murray, 400 pp., £25, September 2009, 978 0 7195 6034 7. Anyone who knew or knew of James Lees-Milne in his later years might have formed the impression of an exquisitely polished round peg in a perfectly round hole. Aesthete, diarist, wit, he had known everyone from the ...
Although James Lees-Milne aspired to be a writer from his earliest years, he was almost middle-aged before he got a book into print. His first title, The Age of Adam, was published by Batsford in 1947, when he was thirty-eight. There followed two further works of architectural history, Tudor Renaissance (1951) and The Age of Inigo Jones (1953).
1 de nov. de 2009 · 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."
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THE OFFICIALJAMES LEES-MILNE WEBSITE. THE OFFICIAL. JAMES LEES-MILNE WEBSITE. In 1987 and 1988, Gary Conklin ( www.garyconklinfilms.com) recorded interviews with James Lees-Milne for his film A Question of Class: English Literary Life between 1918 and 1945 (1992). These clips are included by his kind permission.
Scope and Contents. The James Lees-Milne Papers consist of correspondence, writings, and other papers of British writer and architectural historian James Lees-Milne. They span the years 1907-97, with the bulk falling between 1930-97. The papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, Writings, Other Papers, and Photographs.
In 1936, James Lees-Milne became Country Houses secretary of the infant National Trust. Already fired with compassion for ancient architecture, 'so vulnerable and transient', he could now pursue what amounted to a vocation.
28 de dez. de 1997 · 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.
