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inside him and something of an 'empire builder'" told the
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His diary is one of the pre-eminent 20th-century
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argued that he typified the antisemite who "warned publicly against the dangers of antisemitism at any level, yet privately hated the very presence of Jews". Without evidence, he assumed in his diaries in 1944 that a group of girls relaxing with
American GIs were Jewish: "I am all for a little
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for himself. Though it was not entirely appropriate for a foreign diplomat's wife, Sackville-West became deeply involved in the coronation of Reza Khan as the new Shah. Nicolson personally disliked Reza Khan and called him "a bullet-headed man with the voice of an asthmatic child".
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by saying that art was irreplaceable, but human life was expendable. He opposed the bombing of Monte
Cassino abbey and said that it was a great work of art that itself contained many works of art that could never be replaced even if that meant the death of his own son,
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as it was fighting the Battle of Monte
Cassino, and that it was morally better to take thousands of dead and wounded than to destroy the abbey of Monte Cassino. Much to Nicolson's chagrin, the abbey was destroyed by an American bombing raid on 15 February 1944.
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A diplomatic career was honorable and prestigious in
Edwardian Britain, but Sackville-West's parents were aristocrats who wanted their daughter to marry a fellow upper-class member of an old noble family and so gave only reluctant approval to the marriage.
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aggressively brandishing rocket aeroplanes and an atomic bomb. In today's terms, it was a multi-megaton bomb, and the geology of the
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circles of power and of the day-to-day unfolding of great events. His fellow parliamentarian
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Dawkins, Charlie. "Harold Nicolson, Ulysses, Reithianism: Censorship on BBC Radio, 1931".
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The Desire to Please: The Story of Hamilton Rowan and the United Irishmen
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among East End Jewesses and for such large sums of money makes me sick."
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
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returned from Munich with his and Hitler's signature on their
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Les Grandes Figures historiques dans les lettres et les arts
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Kershner, R. Brandon. "Harold Nicolson's Visit with Joyce".
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Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War
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Good Behaviour, being a Study of Certain Types of Civility
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from February to September 1911 and as Third Secretary at
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and followed his father's frequent postings, including in
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Thirriard, Maryam. "Harold Nicolson the New Biographer".
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Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
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Rich, Margaret Sherry. "The Harold Nicolson Papers".
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the following year, Nicolson ceased to support him.
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Tennyson: Aspects of his Life, Character and Poetry
1613:France and Britain, 1940–1994: The Long Separation
1110:(The Hogarth Press, 1927) (Hogarth Lectures No. 4)
465:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
1937:Sir Harold Nicolson & International Relations
1041:commemorating him and his wife on their house in
666:a few like Nicolson remained seated; the Tory MP
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1670:Harold Nicolson: Diaries & Letters 1930–1939
1384:Harold Nicolson: Diaries & Letters 1930–1939
1251:(Constable, 1948) – collected articles from the
693:In October 1938, Nicolson spoke out against the
1959:. New York & London: Simon & Schuster.
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1529:, Volume 21, Issue #4, Winter 1968–1969 p. 739.
900:Nicolson is also remembered for his 1932 novel
662:agreement most of the MPs in the house rose in
2348:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
2146:contributions in Parliament by Harold Nicolson
1114:Swinburne and Baudelaire: The Zaharoff Lecture
1034:, which had been published the previous year.
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643:A Francophile, Nicolson was a close friend of
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1478:, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 pp. 54–55.
1345:(Collins, 1966–68) - edited by Nigel Nicolson
1191:Marginal Comment (January 6 – August 4, 1939)
1028:Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
705:In June 1940, Nicolson met the French writer
1282:The English Sense of Humour and other Essays
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2160:Newspaper clippings about Harold Nicolson
1820:King George the Fifth, His Life and Reign
1785:King George the Fifth, His Life and Reign
1491:, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 p. 55.
1465:, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 p. 54.
1403:Volume 28, Issue # 1, Autumn 2004 p. 125.
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995:In 1930, Vita Sackville-West acquired
2105:The Harold Nicolson Diaries 1907–1963
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1747:"LGBTQ history at Knole | Kent"
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1243:: A Study in Allied Unity: 1812–1822
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1957:Munich: The 1938 Appeasement Crisis
1163:(Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935)
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1449:, London: B. Tauris, 2000 p. 394.
1129:People and Things: Wireless Talks
2378:National Labour (UK) politicians
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2183:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1711:, "The Price of Peace Was War".
1504:, New York: Enigma, 2004 p. 222.
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800:1948 Croydon North by-election
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1994:), 1980, Vol. I (1886–1929),
1668:Nicolson, Nigel, ed. (1966).
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743:Board of Governors of the BBC
592:Combined English Universities
516:deposed the last Qajar Shah,
2413:British expatriates in Spain
1988:Harold Nicolson, A Biography
1401:Journal of Modern Literature
557:. However, he was posted to
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2338:English non-fiction writers
2164:20th Century Press Archives
1889:. London: The Bodley Head.
1873:. Letterworth Press, 2014.
1656:Manchester University Press
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1343:Diaries and Letters 1945–62
1339:Diaries and Letters 1939–45
1335:Diaries and Letters 1930–39
1116:(The Clarendon Press, 1930)
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1284:(The Dropmore Press, 1946)
1272:The Evolution of Diplomacy
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602:. After Mosley formed the
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309:Sir Harold George Nicolson
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2019:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1927:Review of English Studies
1869:Bristow-Smith, Laurence.
1818:Nicolson, Harold (1953).
1782:Nicolson, Harold (1952).
1500:Duroselle, Jean-Baptiste
1436:pp. 164–165, 227, 249–250
1329:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1221:Friday Mornings 1941–1944
1122:(Houghton Mifflin, 1930)
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328:Early life and education
2192:Ernest Harold Pickering
2117:Nicolson, Nigel, (ed.)
2103:Nicolson, Nigel, (ed.)
1941:Oxford University Press
1560:Oxford University Press
1215:Oxford University Press
1137:(Constable, 1932) novel
750:Battle of Monte Cassino
719:Parliamentary Secretary
664:tumultuous acclamation,
654:In September 1938 when
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582:In 1931, he joined Sir
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382:Balliol College, Oxford
274:Balliol College, Oxford
99:Ernest Harold Pickering
2398:Younger sons of barons
2173:Harold Nicolson Papers
2097:65.1 (2003): 105-109.
2014:Portrait of a Marriage
1977:39.2 (2002): 325-330.
1908:Aspects of Aristocracy
1885:Bouverie, Tim (2019).
1672:. Collins. p. 53.
1386:. Collins. p. 23.
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2388:Scholars of diplomacy
1975:James Joyce Quarterly
1955:Faber, David (2008).
1912:Yale University Press
1788:. London: Constable.
1227:England: An Anthology
1198:Why Britain is at War
1167:Politics in the Train
1135:Public Faces: A Novel
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2199:Member of Parliament
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1726:de-la-Noy, Michael,
1564:Official Secrets Act
1274:(Constable, 1954) –
748:In 1944, during the
618:Member of Parliament
226: 1913;
71:Member of Parliament
2328:English biographers
2308:Writers from Tehran
1992:Chatto & Windus
1935:Drinkwater, Derek.
1822:. Garden City, NY:
997:Sissinghurst Castle
832:Sissinghurst Castle
672:Stand up, you brute
656:Neville Chamberlain
438:Vita Sackville-West
414:Vita Sackville-West
322:Vita Sackville-West
211:Vita Sackville-West
163:Sissinghurst Castle
37:Sir Harold Nicolson
1419:The London Gazette
1249:Comments 1944–1948
1241:Congress of Vienna
1088:: The Last Journey
942:David Lloyd George
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649:Court of St. James
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739:backbencher
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