NAMIER (Sir Lewis, 1886-1960, Historian)

Typed letter signed to historian Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928, editor of the 'Cambridge Review', later Professor at Edinburgh and Sussex, saying he has "to cut down reviewing very seriously", and that "Cavour and Garibaldi" are of secondary interest to him, "If I now review at all, it is in the form of essays which can afterwards be reprinted in book form", 1 side 4½" x 7", 60 The Grampians, W.8., 8th June

Sir Lewis founded a school of history based on detailed examination of many individuals' motives, especially in Parliaments.

Item Date:  1954

Stock No:  53517      £25

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