Diaries, 1984-1997

by James Lees-Milne and Michael Bloch

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Despite advancing years, James Lees-Milne's descriptions of the people he meets, the houses he visits and country life on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate are sharper than ever.

He continues to enjoy a wide variety of experiences, and vividly recaptures a weekend at Chatsworth, a monastic retreat, a journey in a helicopter, an encounter with Mick Jagger and an intimate lunch with the Prince of Wales. As the grand old man of country house conservation, he becomes a media celebrity, but declines a CBE and refuses to be photographed by Lord Snowdon.

In old age, he draws close to...

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  • ISBN10 0719568390
  • ISBN13 9780719568398
  • Publish Date 23 July 2009 (first published 21 August 2008)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher John Murray Press
  • Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 544
  • Language English