A life discarded : 148 diaries found in a skip
Masters, Alexander2017
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In 2001, 148 tattered and mould-covered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a skip on a building site in Cambridge. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting. They were a small part of an intimate, anonymous diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later, a few weeks before the books were thrown out. Over five years, the award-winning biographer Alexander Masters uncovers the identity and real history of their author, with an astounding final revelation.
Main title:
A life discarded : 148 diaries found in a skip / Alexander Masters.
Author:
Masters, Alexander, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2017.
Collation:
258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.
ISBN:
9780008130817 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.085092941.085941.085 MAS941.085092 MAS
Language:
English
BRN:
1868726
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