Some Country Houses and Their Owners

Some Country Houses and Their Owners | James Lees-Milne

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I've been reorganising some book piles in my house and I came across these 3 short books. They couldn't be more different - dialogues between Irish drinking buddies discussing the news; diary excerpts from a National Trust envoy visiting British stately homes during and soon after WWII; provocative vignettes on modern life from an unrepentant Aussie stirrer - but they are all similarly amusing and entertaining.

LeahBergen I LOVED Some Country Houses! 3y

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Some Country Houses and Their Owners | James Lees-Milne

James Lees-Milne worked for The National Trust in its early days and travelled around, staying with aristos and trying to get them to sign over their properties.

This small book is excerpts from his super catty and gossipy diary of that period and it‘s a riot. He definitely gets bonus points from me for being great friends with the Mitford Girls (he was in love with their brother).

#GimmeShelter (in a country house, please).

#MayMovieMagic

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gossamerchild That sounds like a fun read! 5y

HardcoverHearts MUST READ!!! Thank you for posting! 5y

Cinfhen Where is @rubyslippersreads and the Dargusch gang??? I feel like this book is calling them @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola 5y

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RohitSawant Such a fascinating book! Stacking! 5y

CarolynM 👏👏👏 Great choice! 5y

LauraJ Historical cattiness is so fun! 5y

Susannah Oh, this sounds awesome! 5y

batsy This sounds great! I'd love to take shelter in a country house myself 😆 5y

saresmoore I don‘t think you could have possibly blurbed this in a way that would make me want to read it more! 5y

Moray_Reads I love these editions, they're gorgeous! 5y

rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen Here I am! This sounds right up my alley. 😊 5y

LeahBergen @gossamerchild @HardcoverHearts @Cinfhen @rohit-sawant @CarolynM @LauraJ @Susannah @batsy @saresmoore @rubyslippersreads I‘ve been meaning to hunt down his full published diaries ever since reading this slim volume. He‘s quite the character. 5y

LeahBergen @Moray_Reads Aren‘t they? I only have this one from the series. 5y

Moray_Reads @LeahBergen I only have one too, but I love the covers 5y

Mdargusch You‘re right @Cinfhen Stacking! 5y

Melissa_J I love the cover! 5y

Reviewsbylola Hahaha it‘s been a wild week!! @Cinfhen 5y

emilyhaldi Well that was an easy stack 5y

Aimeesue Slightly Foxed had a piece on him if I remember correctly. 5y

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