£60 - £80
Blanche Byron. Her hand written diary starting Oct 1935 with contemporary cuttings and invitations for the social and court year. From her residence at 9 Weymouth Street.
This witty and detailed diary details her private and civic life and reads more like a novel than diary. Covering her private battle with thyroidism and her difficulties in steering her physicians in its treatment and her interaction with the royal court of the day both as a spectator and occasional participant on official functions.
An interesting and detailed document of high society in 1935 London.
Some wear and light foxing but otherwise very good
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