Henry ¿Chips¿ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1) av Chips Channon

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<p><b><u>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling edition of Chips Channon''s remarkable diaries.</u></b><br><br><b>''The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.'' Ben Macintyre, <i>The Times</i><br><br>''Wickedly entertaining. Genuinely shocking, and still revelatory.'' Andrew Marr, <i>New Statesman</i><br><br>''An irresistible, saucy read . . . One of the most impressive editions of our time.'' <i>The Telegraph</i><br><br>''They''re among the most glittering and enjoyable diaries ever written'' </b><i><b>Observer</b><br>____________________________________</i><br><br>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. His diaries are quite the opposite.<br><br>Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by turns, they are the unfettered observat