James Lees-Milne bol anglický spisovateľ a historik, ktorý sa preslávil svojim zasväteným písaním o vidieckych domoch a ako jeden z významných denníkových autorov dvadsiateho storočia. Jeho diela, zamerané na širokú verejnosť, zahŕňali architektonické štúdie, biografie a autobiografický román. Lees-Milne mal hlboké znalosti anglickej krajiny a vidieckej architektúry, čo sa odráža v jeho prenikavých pozorovaniach. Bol tiež známy svojimi denníkmi, ktoré poskytujú cenný pohľad na britskú intelektuálnu a spoločenskú scénu svojej doby a získali si v neskorších rokoch kultový obľubu.
In this groundbreaking work, Lees-Milne explores the history and methodology of architectural research. Drawing on his years of experience as an architectural historian and preservationist, Lees-Milne provides essential insights for anyone interested in the study or practice of architecture.
This second volume of James Lees-Milne's masterly biography opens at a turning point in Harold Nicolson's life: he was miserable at the Evening Standard and disillusioned with Mosley's New Party but his move to Sissinghurst, where he and his wife would design one of the most beautiful gardens in England, offered a fresh start.
The final compilation from James Lees-Milnes celebrated diaries covering the last fourteen years of his life.
In eight illuminating chapters we have the history of the Eternal City-Ancient Roman, Early Christian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo-the history of the buildings themselves, and Lees-Milne's inspired description and criticism of them as architectural masterpieces.
The first of three abridged volumes of 'the greatest diarist of our times'