Ceaseless Turmoil: Diaries 1988-1992 He discusses architecture with the Prince of Wales and royal mistresses with Princess Michael of Kent.E.. Candid, touching, penetrating and often hilariously funny, these diaries chronicle a way of l
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| Title | : | Ceaseless Turmoil: Diaries 1988-1992 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0719565782 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2005-02-03 |
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In this penultimate volume, James Lees-Milne is as engaging and readable as ever; his sharpness and wit are undiminished as he forges into his eighties. He discusses architecture with the Prince of Wales and royal mistresses with Princess Michael of Kent. As the grand old man of country house conservation, he becomes a media celebrity, but he declines a C.B.E. and refuses to be photographed by Lord Snowdon. He reads in The Times of the death of the boy who seduced him at Eton, and publishes a novel about a German count who seduces first an English schoolboy, then the boy's mother. Candid, touching, penetrating and often hilariously funny, these diaries chronicle a way of life and a view of the world that are rapidly vanishing.
Editorial : 'Lees-Milne aficionados will find much here to divert and delight' -- House and Garden 20041201 'A quirkily fascinating booka candid and jaundiced view of contemporary life in the hectis world of high culture' -- Antiques Trade Gazette 20050730 'Sharp but humane, alarming but life-enhancing, brisk, amusing, unexpected' -- Oldie 20041201 'His diaries are a marvel' -- Week 20041120 'Travelling with him, we readers are introduced to people and places we would never otherwise meet' -- Oxford Times 20041105 'We all register mercurial changes of mood and opinion from day to day ! but few have the courage or the talent to chart them so compellingly. But this is only part of Lees-Milne's greatness as a diarist' -- James Knox, The Spectator 20041105 'The wittiest and most elegant of writers The greatest diarist of our times - funny, feline and disconcertingly honest, wielding a rapier to Alan Clark's cudgel.' -- Jeremy Lewis, The Oldie 20041105 'The greatest diarest of our times - funny, felin
It was exactly what I was looking for.. My somewhat expensive odyssey to own new editions of all 12 diaries goes on. It is mostly a distraction and is thoroughly boring. The premise of this book is a year in the life of a great restaurant at a time when the pressure is on to get a fourth star from the NYT food critic. He discusses architecture with the Prince of Wales, hobnobs with royalty, and reflects on the changes of life and the deaths of friends. Grimes.
In this we see the top of the culinary world in action, amazingly from an unencumbered inside view. If you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in a great restaurant, this book is for you. Perhaps an acquired taste , but such magnificent name dropping and the writing will never be duplicated.. About the only jobs I can think of with constant higher stress are military combatant and air traffic controller.
The book will also be of some interest to anyone who cares about the pursuit of excellence, whatever o
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