The diaries of Chips Channon. Volume 1
Channon, Henry, 1898-19582020
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, & served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy & bitchy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere & who knew everybody. Whether describing the antics of London society in the interwar years, or the growing scandal surrounding his close friends Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson during the abdication crisis, or the mood in the House of Commons the day war was declared, his sense of drama & his eye for the telling detail are unmatched. These are diaries that bring a whole epoch vividly to life.
Main title:
The diaries of Chips Channon. Volume 1 / Chips Channon.
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Imprint:
London : Hutchinson, 2020.London : Hutchinson, 2020.
Collation:
896 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781786331816 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.082
Language:
English
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BRN:
2366393