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084    Lz Channon, Henry|2kssb/8 
092 0  941 Channon|bengelska 
100 1  Channon, Henry,|d1898-1958|4aut 
245 14 The diaries|nVolume 2|p1938-43 /|cHenry 'Chips' Channon ; 
       edited by Simon Heffer 
264  1 London :|bHutchinson,|c2021 
300    xxii, 1097 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
       |billustrations|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    This second volume of the bestselling diaries of Henry 
       'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the 
       Munich agreement, when the Prime Minister so admired by 
       Chips was credited with having averted a general European 
       conflagration, through the rapid unravelling of 
       appeasement, and on to the tribulations of the early years
       of the Second World War. It closes with a moment of hope, 
       as Channon, in recording the fall of Mussolini in July 
       1943, reflects: 'The war must be more than half over.' For
       much of this period, Channon is genuinely an eye-witness 
       to unfolding events. He reassures Neville Chamberlain as 
       he fights for his political life in May 1940. He chats to 
       Winston Churchill while the two men inspect the bombed-out
       chamber of the House of Commons a few months later. From 
       his desk at the Foreign Office he charts the progress of 
       the war. But with the departure of his boss 'Rab' Butler 
       to the Ministry of Education, and Channon's subsequent 
       exclusion from the corridors of power, his life changes - 
       and with it the preoccupations and tone of the diaries. 
       The conduct of the war remains a constant theme, but more 
       personal preoccupations come increasingly to the fore. As 
       he throws himself back into the pleasures of society, he 
       records his encounters with the likes of Noël Coward, 
       Prince Philip, General de Gaulle and Oscar Wilde's 
       erstwhile lover Lord Alfred Douglas. He describes dinners 
       with members of European royal dynasties, and recounts 
       gossip and scandal about the great, the good and the less 
       good. And he charts the implosion of his marriage and his 
       burgeoning, passionate friendship with a young officer on 
       Wavell's staff. --|cProvided by publisher 
600 10 Channon, Henry,|d1898-1958|vDiaries 
600 14 Channon, Henry,|d1898-1958 
650  0 Politicians|zGreat Britain|vDiaries 
650  7 Politiker|2sao 
650  7 Politiska förhållanden|2sao 
651  0 Great Britain|xPolitics and government|y1936-1945 
651  7 Storbritannien|2sao 
655  7 Dagböcker|2saogf 
700 1  Heffer, Simon|4edt 
800 1  Channon, Henry,|d1898-1958|tDiaries.|kSelections ;|vvolume
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