Another Self

ISBN: 0719555981

Author: Lees-Milne, James

Condition: New

Lees-Milne, James. Another Self, with an Introduction by Jeremy Lewis. London, John Murray, 1998. 24cm x 16cm. XII, 179 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for Funny and self-deprecating autobiography, the early years of Lees Milne's life/ flimsy, pious child re-enacting with rotting fish before his astonished father the story of Tobias, while the angel makes off with the loot/ disgraceful scenes at a roadhouse in Bray conduce to an early exit from Eton/ life is beset by among them his luckless father,/ JL-M has no military talents/ an innocent conversation with the Portuguese Army's deaf Commander-in-Chief leads almost to diplomatic froideur/ during the war in Britain iin 1940, fighting the forces of darkness alone, he removes a whole company of Irish Gards from the Army's strength before they have left the parade ground/ role saving decayed houses for the infant National Trust/ First published in 1970/ other books by the Diaries, 1942-45. Ancestral Voices & Prophesying Peace; A Mingled Measure, Diaries, 1953-72; People and Places, Country House Donors and the National Trust; Fourteen Friends etc.