A collection of the letters written between 1947 and 1959 by the well-known Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford (1914 - 2003) to Bernard Berenson (1865-1959), the legendary American expert on Italian paintings of the Renaissance, who lived at I Tatti near Florence. The author, self-described as 'Historian and Controversialist', writes most amusingly about many famous people he knew and keeps Berenson posted on the latest university controversies and election campaigns. Riveting.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 43 December 2007 ) |
