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One might just as well have a discreet soul'Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon's extraordinary diaries, first published in 1967, are now considered a modern classic. The years covered in this volume, 1934-53, recall a vanished world where Channon's privileged orbit circled every social and public figure of the day in a round of parties, balls, country-house weekends and endless gossip. His position as ...
9. Sept. 2021 · For once, Henry “Chips” Channon was rendered speechless by someone and that did not happen very often. Normally, Chips had an answer for everything, usually very cutting, as at Chamberlain’s funeral in 1940 when he asked a fellow mourner who had not supported Chamberlain if the man had sent a wreath.
The thing that makes the diary so compelling is [Channon's] ability to characterise the privileged elite of London Society. The diary is his masterpiece , written with freshness and verve . . . In spite of Chips's prejudices and snobbishness, his diaries are quite simply the greatest social and political diaries of the 20th century .
4. Sept. 2021 · 4 September 2021 • 5:00am. 12. Henry ‘Chips’ Channon's diaries were famously gossipy and indiscreet. He described Churchill as an 'angry bullfrog'; Eden as 'that ill informed ass'; Hitler ...
ISBN: 9781529158885. Number of pages: 1168. Weight: 963 g. Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 48 mm. Buy Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57 by Chips Channon from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
4. März 2021 · The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable.
