BEAVERBROOK IS “INDEED A STRANGE CHARACTER” NICOLSON (Sir Harold, 1886-1968, Diplomatist, Author & Critic, husband of Vita SACKVILLE-WEST)

Typed letter signed ‘Harold Nicolson’ to Mr McCORMICK (Donald, 1911-1998, Author and Journalist) thanking him “for letting me know about the progress of your work on Lloyd George. Of course I consent to the publication of the quotations that you mention. I am sorry that you have had difficulty with Lord Beaverbrook who is indeed a strange character. I look forward to reading your book with the greatest interest...”, 1 side oblong 8vo., C1, The Albany, Piccadilly, 21st May

After working for Naval Intelligence during the Second World War, McCormick was a journalist for the foreign desk of the Sunday Times, at one point working with Ian Fleming. In his prolific output as a historian, McCormick was attracted to controversial topics on which verifiable evidence was scarce. He wrote on the Hellfire Club, Jack the Ripper, the Cambridge Apostles and rather extensively about spies. He wrote histories of the Russian, Chinese, Japanese, British, and Israeli secret services, and biographies of Sir Maurice Oldfield and Ian Fleming as well as the critical biography, The Mask of Merlin, referred to here about Lloyd George.

Item Date:  1963

Stock No:  42291      £125

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