Letters from Oxford

by Hugh R. Trevor-Roper

Book Overview

Superbly readable and revealing letters, full of malice and gossip, from a master historian

When they met in 1947 Trevor-Roper, a young historian at Christ Church, Oxford, was 33. Berenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the world. Trevor Roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until Berenson's death in in 1959. Elegantly constructed, beautifully and precisely written,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753822059
• ISBN13: 9780753822050
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Phoenix
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"