James Lees-Milne

By Michael Bloch

Subjects: Biography, English Authors, National Trust (Great Britain), Art historians, Architectural historians, Diarists

Description: James Lees-Milne is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England's greatest architectural treasures. Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters.