The Harold Nicolson Diaries
Subtitle: 1907-1963
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Phoenix House
Published: April 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780753819975
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Letters; 20th Century English Prose; Letters And Correspondence; Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; English; Biography/Autobiography; History: World; Political; Europe - Great Britain - General; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Political; NICOLSON, HAROLD GEORGE, SIR, 1886-1968; Literary; 20th century; Authors, English; Diaries; Diplomats; England; Great Britain; Politicians
First sentence: The old Madame is such a very dirty, grimy, smelly old thing, that it requires an amount of courage to grasp her by the hand.