(Sir Harold, 1886-1968, Diplomatist, Author & Critic, husband of Vita SACKVILLE-WEST)
Typed letter signed to historian Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928,
editor of the 'Cambridge Review', later Professor at Edinburgh and Sussex, saying it is very kind of you to suggest that I should review Mr Mack Smith's book on Cavour and Garibaldi, but he has a sort of gentleman's agreement with the Observer... Moreover, I am not in the least an authority on the period and would feel rather diffident... in any case, 1 side 5 x 8, C.1., Albany, Piccadilly, W.1., 11th May