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The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists

Paperback • 2002 • English

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists

By Irene Taylor, Alan Taylor

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About the book

'A diary is an assassin's cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen', wrote William Soutar in 1934. But a diary is also a place for recording everyday thoughts and special occasions, private fears and hopeful dreams. The Assassin's Cloak gathers together some of the most entertaining and inspiring entries for each day of the year, as writers ranging from Queen Victoria to Andy Warhol, Samuel Pepys to Adrian Mole, pen their musings on the historic and the mundane. Spann...Show more

Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Biography and non-fiction prose
History and Archaeology

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ISBN

9781841951720

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists

Format

Paperback

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