by Frances Partridge (Author)
At the outset of the Second World War Ralph and Frances Partridge were both convinced pacifists. These extracts from Frances war diary present an intimate and vivid picture of their life at Ham Spray in Wiltshire , which was a refuge to a wide range of friends, including many of their fellow 'Bloomsberries', as well as a stream of refugees and the dispossessed. Frances's diaries give a candid, intimate picture of their domestic upheavals and rich intellectual life, while also noting her sharp observations about nature and world events.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0753808005
ISBN 13: 9780753808009
Book Overview: To be reissued in a brand new livery with all of Frances Partridge's diaries Frances Partridge is now recognised as one of the greatest diarists of the century 'Mrs Partridge is the last survivor of the inner core of the Bloomsbury group. Her diaries would be riveting reading even if the story of her personal life had not been so absorbing and dramatic, and even if she were not the gifted writer that she is' The Times 'Frances Partridge's diaries are quietly brilliant: alive to everything' Observer 'There is no living diarist like her' Evening Standard