Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Son John Julius Norwich, 1939-1952 - Hardcover
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"Intriguing . . . engaging . . . Cooper is always quick with a turn of phrase, and the collection reminds us of a time, not so long ago, when letters were a natural part of life. " --"Publishers Weekly
""Gorgeous, smart, witty, and observant . . . A personal, detailed view of a hugely changing, frightening, yet always interesting era . . . Many readers will thrill to details of lunch with the king and queen of England, encounters and adventures with dukes and duchesses." --"Booklist "
"Gossipy and biting . . . Diana Cooper was not always serious, but she knew that she lived in serious times. This grave knowledge is what allows these letters to be so much fun." --"The Wall Street Journal"
Intriguing . . . engaging . . . Cooper is always quick with a turn of phrase, and the collection reminds us of a time, not so long ago, when letters were a natural part of life. "Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, smart, witty, and observant . . . A personal, detailed view of a hugely changing, frightening, yet always interesting era . . . Many readers will thrill to details of lunch with the king and queen of England, encounters and adventures with dukes and duchesses. "Booklist"
Gossipy and biting . . .Diana Cooper was not always serious, but she knew that she lived in serious times. This grave knowledge is what allows these letters to be so much fun. "The Wall Street Journal""
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""Gorgeous, smart, witty, and observant . . . A personal, detailed view of a hugely changing, frightening, yet always interesting era . . . Many readers will thrill to details of lunch with the king and queen of England, encounters and adventures with dukes and duchesses." --"Booklist "
"Gossipy and biting . . . Diana Cooper was not always serious, but she knew that she lived in serious times. This grave knowledge is what allows these letters to be so much fun." --"The Wall Street Journal"
Intriguing . . . engaging . . . Cooper is always quick with a turn of phrase, and the collection reminds us of a time, not so long ago, when letters were a natural part of life. "Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, smart, witty, and observant . . . A personal, detailed view of a hugely changing, frightening, yet always interesting era . . . Many readers will thrill to details of lunch with the king and queen of England, encounters and adventures with dukes and duchesses. "Booklist"
Gossipy and biting . . .Diana Cooper was not always serious, but she knew that she lived in serious times. This grave knowledge is what allows these letters to be so much fun. "The Wall Street Journal""
Diana’s letters to her only son, John Julius Norwich, cover the period 1939 to 1952. They take us from the rumblings of war, through the Blitz, which the Coopers spent holed up in the Dorchester (because it was newer, and therefore less vulnerable, than the Ritz), to rural Sussex where we see Diana blissfully setting up a smallholding as part of the war effort. After a spell with the Free French in Algiers, Duff was appointed British Ambassador to France and the couple settled into the glorious embassy in post-Liberation Paris. Over and beyond all the glitz, Diana emerges in these letters as highly intelligent, funny, fiercely loyal: a woman who disliked extravagance, who was often cripplingly shy, who was happiest in the countryside with her cow and goats and whose greatest love and preoccupation were her husband and son. As a portrait of a time and some of history’s most dramatic and important events, these letters are invaluable. But they also give us a vivid and touching portrait of the love between a mother and son, separated by war, oceans—and the constraints of the time they lived in.
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- VerlagOverlook Pr
- Erscheinungsdatum2014
- ISBN 10 1468309226
- ISBN 13 9781468309225
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten520
- HerausgeberNorwich John Julius
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Darling Monster : The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Son John Julius Norwich, 1939-1952
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ISBN 13: 9781468309225
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Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Son John Julius Norwich, 1939-1952
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ISBN 13: 9781468309225
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Good. Dianas letters to her only son, John Julius Norwich, cover the period 1939 to 1952. They take us from the rumblings of war, through the Blitz, which the Coopers spent holed up in the Dorchester (because it was newer, and therefore less vulnerable, than the Ritz), to rural Sussex where we see Diana blissfully setting up a smallholding as part of the war effort. After a spell with the Free French in Algiers, Duff was appointed British Ambassador to France and the couple settled into the glorious embassy in post-Liberation Paris. Over and beyond all the glitz, Diana emerges in these letters as highly intelligent, funny, fiercely loyal: a woman who disliked extravagance, who was often cripplingly shy, who was happiest in the countryside with her cow and goats and whose greatest love and preoccupation were her husband and son. As a portrait of a time and some of historys most dramatic and important events, these letters are invaluable. But they also give us a vivid and touching portrait of the love between a mother and son, separated by war, oceansand the constraints of the time they lived in. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Artikel-Nr. GOR008112944
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