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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. 2 Volumes. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Harold Nicolson a distinguished diplomat diarist and storyteller navigated numerous social circles and acquainted himself with many notable figures. The first volume of James Lees-Milne?s biography delves into Nicolson?s peripatetic childhood spent in cities such as Budapest Tehran Constantinople and Bulgaria. It also covers his education in England at Folkestone and Wellington his undergraduate years at Balliol College and his early independent travels across Europe. Lees-Milne then chronicles Nicolson?s diplomatic career in Spain his tumultuous courtship and marriage to Vita Sackville-West and his role in the Foreign Office during the First World War. Nicolson?s writings from this era provide not only sharp political analysis of the war?s aftermath but also intimate glimpses into figures like Balfour and Lloyd George. Lees-Milne strives to let Nicolson?s own words often uniquely expressive narrate his story with minimal editorial interference. Following the war Nicolson served in the Diplomatic Service in Paris and began a literary career. During this time he formed a friendship with Jean Cocteau and encountered prominent literary personalities such as Andr? Gide and Marcel Proust. His introduction to the Bloomsbury Group which significantly influenced him coincided with his work on books about Tennyson Byron and Swinburne. This volume concludes in 1929 when Nicolson left the Diplomatic Service to pursue other endeavors. (MP)