Author: LONGFORD, ELIZABETH
Title: The Pebbled Shore - the Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297788639). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to lower edge and light bumping to lower corner tips. Internally there is a light crease to one page top corner else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a touch of light wear to top and lower edges and is not price clipped. The Countess of Longford is a leading historian who only began her writing career in her fifties. Before that she had combined her roles as wife of Frank Pakenham, the Labour Cabinet Minister and future Earl of Longford, as mother and as prospective Labour candidate. She was the eldest daughter of a distinguished Harley Street doctor, niece of Joseph Chamberlain, and first cousin to Neville Chamberlain. These delightful memoirs cover the first sixty years of her eventful life. 16 pages of photographs. NOT EX LIB 20. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Countess Longford, Hugh Gaitskell, Maurice Bowra, Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford, Neville Chamberlain, Joseph Chamberlain 0297788639


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