James Lees-Milne : the life / Michael Bloch.

Main entry:

Bloch, Michael, author.

Title & Author:

James Lees-Milne : the life / Michael Bloch.

Publication:

London : John Murray, 2009.

Description:

xvi, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The dreaming boy -- 2. Further education -- 3. Patrons and patronesses -- 4. Anne -- 5. The National Trust -- 6. Soldier blue -- 7. 'The man who saved England' -- 8. A new world -- 9. Alvilde -- 10. Married life -- 11. Mid-life crisis -- 12. Alderley -- 13. Bath and badminton -- 14. Struggling on -- 15. Grand old man.

Summary:

James Lees-Milne is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England's greatest architectural treasures. Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters.

ISBN:

9780719560347 (hbk.)
0719560349 (hbk.)

Subject:

Lees-Milne, James.
Lees-Milne, James, 1908-1997.
Authors, English 20th century Biography.
Diarists Great Britain Biography.
Art historians Great Britain Biography.
Biography.
Écrivains anglais 20e siècle Biographies.
Historiens d'art Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Biographies.
Art historians
Authors, English
Diarists
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265302
Call No.: BIB 196749
Status: Available

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