A life discarded : 148 diaries found in a skip
Masters, Alexander2016
Book
In 2001, 148 tattered and mould-covered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a skip on a building site in Cambridge. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting. They were a small part of an intimate, anonymous diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later, a few weeks before the books were thrown out. Over five years, the award-winning biographer Alexander Masters uncovers the identity and real history of their author, with an astounding final revelation.
Main title:
A life discarded : 148 diaries found in a skip / Alexander Masters.
Author:
Masters, Alexander, author
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2016.London : Fourth Estate, 2016.
Collation:
258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008130770 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.085092941.085
Language:
English
BRN:
2286335