Dazzling examples of the now-vanished art of letter-writing Wonderful social comedy, as funny as Anthony Trollope, as satirical as Evelyn Waugh Perfectly poised irony, funny and scathing by turns
Hugh Trevor-Roper, one of the most famous historians of his generation, was born in 1914. He worked in the Secret Intelligence Service 1939-45. In 1945 he was sent to investigate the evidence for Hitler's death and in 1947 published his most famous book, The Last Days of Hitler. He taught history at Christ Church from 1946 until 1957 when Harold Macmillan appointed him Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He was Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1980-87. He became Lord Dacre of Glanton in 1979 and died in January 2003.
wonderfully wise and witty...... in Trevor-Roper, as these letters drenched in irony attest, history had discovered a profound analyst who was also a consummate stylist - THE SUNDAY TIMES - Christopher SilvesterRichard Davenport-Hines's introduction is so crisp and perceptive. - THE SPECTATOR - Ferdinand MountTrevor-Roper proves a wonderful letter-writer, filling his pages with outrageously funny accounts of Oxford goings-on and malicious London gossip. - THE TIMES - Derwent May... the book would be worth buying for it [Roper's account of his campaign to get Macmillan elected Chancellor of Oxford University]. But other reasons for buying this book will be found on almost every page; not least among them is the skill of the editor, Richard Davenport-Hines, whose deft annotations somehow contrive to be both economical and omniscient. - THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, - Noel MalcolmThese letters offer sheer, unadulterated pleasure. - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - Mark BostridgeSkilfully edited by Richard Davenport-Hines, this volume is a consolation at any season, and, it must be hoped, is the forerunner of many more to come. - THE TLS - L G MitchellThe letters focus best on teh 'guerilla-warfare of the cloister,' the elections to the Wardenship of All Souls, to the Regius Professorship of Poetry. - COUNTRY LIFE - John Saumarez Smithcontain masterpieces of wit and
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