The Diaries Of Beatrice Webb by Beatrice Webb

The Diaries Of Beatrice Webb by Beatrice Webb

These diaries present a unique record of the time in which Beatrice Webb and her husband, Sidney, lived. They were at the centre of British intellectual and political life for almost 70 years, and the diaries feature appearances by figures including Churchill, Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf. Rich in insights and anecdotes about the people and politics of late-Victorian and early modern Britain, the diaries reveal Beatrice as the mistress of salon politics. She devoted herself to the causes that she and Sidney had at heart - including the founding of the London School of Economics, trade unionism, local government, the war against poverty and their books.

'An extraordinary portrait of a whole woman of fine intellect, great passion and keen sensibility' MARGARET DRABBLE, LISTENER 'The only English twentieth-century diary to equal it is that of Virginia Woolf' NEW SOCIETY 'These diaries are some of the best ever written' GUARDIAN

Lynn Knight is a reviewer, teacher and editor. Jeanne Mackenzie (now deceased) and Norman Mackenzie were awarded the Heinemann Prize of the Royal Society of Literature for their collective biography of early Fabians, The First Fabians, and published widely on other historical subjects.

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ISBN 10	1860498957
Title	The Diaries Of Beatrice Webb
Author	Beatrice Webb
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2002-12-05
Number of pages	656
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