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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
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Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere and who knew everybody. Whether describing the antics of London society in the interwar years, or the growing scandal surrounding his close friends Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson during the abdication crisis, or the mood in the House of Commons in the lead-up to the Munich crisis, his sense of drama and his eye for the telling detail are unmatched. These are diaries that bring a whole epoch vividly to life.
A heavily abridged and censored edition of the diaries was published in 1967. Only now, 60 years after Chips' death, can the text be shared in all its glory.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-2023
Eye opening view of a past way of life
I had not heard of Chips Channkn and cannot believe that I knew so little. His personal and accurate view of British aristocracy and politics leaves nothing untouched.
His subtle eluding of male relationships of the time makes you wonder about how he may view our rake on homosexuality now - I loved his candid self deprecating view of himself and said what many others must have thought
Read all three volumes and if you have a interest in The art deco era of splendour scandal and politics you won’t be disappointed
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- Ron Kerr
- 31-12-2021
An eye opener!
Anyone with a interest or who would like to know more of the English aristocracy’s attitude towards Hitler and the Nazi regime should watch the film “The Remans of the Day”.
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- Fed Up
- 21-11-2021
If you must, read the book, don't listen to it!
I think the narrator hates Channon - as many people seem to have done. He reads the whole thing through gritted teeth and sounds like a pompous ass with his trilled Rs - and frequently mispronounced words ('Porgy' with a soft G, 'Genoa' with the accent on the second syllable). If you must, read these long-winded diaries, don't get the Audible version.
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- Dudley
- 19-02-2022
Narcissism
What a sad, selfish boring life. Don't waste your time - I didn't finish the so-called diaries.
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