Letters from Oxford
Author: Richard Davenport Hines
ISBN: 9780753822050
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 06 Sep 2007
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
When they met in 1947, Trevor-Roper, a young historian at Christ Church Oxford, was 33. Berenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the world. Trevor-Roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until Berenson's death in 1959.Elegantly constructed, beautifully and precisely written, they are shot through with high-octane malice, sharp judgements, blistering comments and many wonderfully funny episodes.Superbly readable and revealing letters from a master historian, covering people such as Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Eden.
ISBN: 9780753822050
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 06 Sep 2007
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
When they met in 1947, Trevor-Roper, a young historian at Christ Church Oxford, was 33. Berenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the world. Trevor-Roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until Berenson's death in 1959.Elegantly constructed, beautifully and precisely written, they are shot through with high-octane malice, sharp judgements, blistering comments and many wonderfully funny episodes.Superbly readable and revealing letters from a master historian, covering people such as Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Eden.
