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The Years Between: 1939-44 (Cecil Beaton's Diaries Book 2) Kindle Edition
Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 –1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer.
This second volume spans most of the Second World War from 1939-44. An official photographer for the Ministry of Information, Beaton was flown all over the globe to report back to London, as well as being commissioned to photograph Winston Churchill, the Queen, bomb-damaged London and the RAF at work.
With unique access to politicians, admirals, air marshals, socialites and those working on the homefront, Beaton’s memoir tells us more about the English at war than many volumes of officers’ memoirs have been able to.
THE YEARS BETWEEN is the second volume of Cecil Beaton’s Diaries, a personal memoir of the twentieth century, covering famous artists and photographers, political figures, socialites, the rich & famous and movie stars.
Perfect for fans of THE CROWN, LOVE, CECIL, fashion photography, artist’s memoirs, and twentieth-century history.
'there is some fascinating stuff in this volume … his accounts of India and China are superb' – The Observer
‘no page of his book is without its flash of beauty, fun or understanding’ – Sunday Times
'Wise, witty and perceptive' – New York Herald Tribune
‘Fascinating and well-written, and deserves to be read as an insight into a period and of someone who was very much part of it’ – Western Mail
‘One of the unassailables of our time’ – Daily Mail
***PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL HARDBACK EDITION***
CECIL BEATON’S DIARIES SERIES:
BOOK 1: THE WANDERING YEARS: 1922-39
BOOK 2: THE YEARS BETWEEN: 1939-44
BOOK 3: THE HAPPY YEARS: 1944-8
BOOK 4: THE STRENUOUS YEARS: 1948-55
BOOK 5: THE RESTLESS YEARS: 1955-63
BOOK 6: THE PARTING YEARS: 1963-74
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMarch 29, 2018
- File size2.2 MB
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- ASIN : B07B2X1X58
- Publisher : Sapere Books
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : March 29, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 2.2 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 444 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-1912546268
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 2 of 6 : Cecil Beaton's Diaries
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,363,051 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #152 in Fashion Photography (Kindle Store)
- #152 in Fashion Biographies & Memoirs
- #670 in Fashion Photography (Books)
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI just read those of Chips Channon…and these run parallel in time for the most part, and theirs lives intersect. But Cecil seems a nicer, more real person than Chips did. He is eager for war work…the opposite of Channon who spent the war entertaining mostly…and always humbled by the efforts of others. His tour as a photo journalist for the war office is fascinating and painful to read. It seems almost impossible that the Allies won. I noted that in Chips’ diary as well, but in his case it was because it seemed that every person vital to the war was dining in Belgravia with Chips. How they got on with the war work is baffling…a really good read, written by a man of many real talents, who in every sense of the word, created a spectacular career for himself out of nothing more than a love of beauty and drama at a very young age.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022Format: KindleVerified PurchaseSo many places and events never a dull moment he is a talented writer as well as a photographer ppl
- Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020Format: KindleVerified PurchaseCecils writings of his time in India and China brought history alive. I stop reading every now and then to google names of WWII personages. A learning experience.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021Format: PaperbackAfter reading the first volume I fell in love with Mr. Newton and his friends, life, world. This volume covers WWII. War holds no interest for me, usually. This memoir is different, he talks of the people he meets and spends time with, explains in detail the cities and countries he visits, yes he sees 'war' and describes it, as well as a hospital - here he goes into great detail of worlds, surgeries, etc and if you're squeamish you should skip the chapter. Also there are the stories of the people we've come to know in volume one, how they and their lives have changed, the bombings in England are described as well as the people enduring them. Its the people, humanity all over the globe, described that makes this book one that should be read, especially by people like me who are not interested in reading of politics and war.
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- NickReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2024
1.0 out of 5 stars A cheap print by Amazon
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseA cheap version by Amazon badly printed like a lot of the books I have ordered - when did Amazon start doing this? It should be made clear and I will stop buying books from Amazon