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The Benson Diary: I: 1885-1906; II: 1907-1925

The Benson Diary: I: 1885-1906; II: 1907-1925


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The diaries of A. C. Benson, poet and educationalist, illuminate a career at the heart of the Edwardian establishment, and a tortured private life. Introduction, footnotes, chronology. A. C. Benson (1862-1925), novelist, poet (he wrote Land of Hope and Glory), educationalist and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, kept a voluminous diary for most of his life. Considered too controversial at the time, it was sealed up after his death. Only now, with the publication of this extensive selection, can his witty and acute judgements on people, institutions and issues – including Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Queen Victoria, Dean Inge, Balfour, Asquith, Eton and Cambridge – be fully appreciated. He paints an endlessly fascinating and often very funny picture of a public life at the heart of the Edwardian literary, educational, church and political establishments; but also of a private life riven by the pressures of unconsummated romantic attachments to young men, and by attacks of appalling depression, an illness then barely understood. Historians Eamon Duffy and Ronald Hyam made this 300,000-word selection, adding a substantial introduction, footnotes, chronology, index and photographs. It is presented as two hardbacks in a slipcase. AUTHORS: Eamon Duffy is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at Cambridge University. He is an Emeritus Fellow and former President of Magdalene College. Ronald Hyam is Emeritus Professor in British Imperial His­tory at the University of Cambridge. He is an Emeritus Fellow and a former President of Magdalene College. He is also an Archi­vist Emeritus of the College. SELLING POINTS: . The first substantial publication of these frank, revealing and witty diaries . Two hardback volumes in a printed slip case . With substantial introduction, full explanatory footnotes, full chronology, index and photographs 60 colour illustrations

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Eamon Duffy is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at Cambridge University. He is an Emeritus Fellow and former President of Magdalene College. Ronald Hyam is Emeritus Professor in British Imperial His­tory at the University of Cambridge. He is an Emeritus Fellow and a former President of Magdalene College. He is also an Archi­vist Emeritus of the College.



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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781843682776
  • Publisher: PALLAS ATHENE PUBLISHERS
  • Publisher Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 1050
  • Sub Title: I: 1885-1906; II: 1907-1925
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 184368277X
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jul 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 88 mm
  • Weight: 1980 gr


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