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“…he was one of the happiest men who had ever lived — happy in his family, his home, his books, his work, his garden, his travels, and the world of nature and people around him.”

Harold Nicolson: A Biography (Volume II: 1930-1968) by James Lees-Milne

September 28, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This second volume of James Lees-Milne’s biography of Harold Nicolson covers 1930-1968. With the large amount of world and personal history that this book covers, JLM continues to masterfully shepherd the reader through Nicolson’s fascinating life. I enjoyed this volume more than the first one (although they are both excellent) mainly because with him leaving the Foreign Office, the foreign policy explanations die down a bit and I am more well versed in the history of this era. While the Paris Conference and the Lausanne […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: James Lees-Milne

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: James Lees-Milne ·
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“One of Harold Nicolson’s many endearing traits was to invent occasions brought about by some preposterous and improbable action on his part.”

Harold Nicolson: A Biography (Volume I: 1886-1929) by James Lees-Milne

September 17, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

One of my continued passions is Edwardian era history and as I keep reading more books about it, some people pop up over and over again until finally I either buy a biography or their letters and diaries to figure out what they were up to. Harold Nicolson is one of those people who show up in every book you will read about the 1900s through to the 1960s, as he was involved in huge amounts of historical events and had a very busy social […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured, History Tagged With: #biography, European history, James Lees-Milne, lgbtq history, world history, World War I

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:29 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, History · Tags: #biography, European history, James Lees-Milne, lgbtq history, world history, World War I ·
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