One hundred letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper

The one hundred letters brought together for this book illustrate the range of Hugh Trevor-Roper's life and preoccupations: as an historian, a controversialist, a public intellectual, an adept in academic intrigues, a lover of literature, a traveller, a countryman. They depict a life of rich diversity; a mind of intellectual sparkle and eager curiosity; a character that relished the comédie humaine, and the absurdities, crotchets, and vanities of his contemporaries. The playful irony of Trevor-Roper's correspondence places him in a literary tradition stretching back to such great letter-writers.

Includes index.

Cover; One Hundred Letters from: HUGH TREVOR-ROPER; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Plates; INTRODUCTION; PREFATORY NOTE; THE LETTERS; To Logan Pearsall Smith, 18 September 1943; To Naomi 'Nim' Church, 28 August 1946; To Peter Ramsbotham, 19 March 1947; To Charles Stuart, 31 December 1947; To Charles Stuart, 24 March 1949; To Dawyck Haig, 28 January 1951; To Dawyck Haig, 2 April 1951; To Dawyck Haig, 20 October 1951; To Hamish Hamilton, 19 February 1952; To Alan Yorke-Long, 21 September 1952; To Gerald Brenan, 23 November 1952.

To Xandra Howard-Johnston, 8 August 1953To Xandra Howard-Johnston, 11 August 1953; To Isaiah Berlin, 18 February 1955; To Sir Edward Boyle, 8 November 1956; To Sir John Masterman, 13 December 1956; To Wallace Notestein, 25 July 1957; To Wallace Notestein, 7 March 1959; To James Howard-Johnston, 21 May 1960; To James Howard-Johnston, 19 June 1960; To Alan Clark, 31 August 1960; To Xandra Trevor-Roper, 21 September 1960; To James Howard-Johnston, 5 April 1961; To James Howard-Johnston, 8 April 1961; To James Howard-Johnston, undated (probably 11 April 1961)

To James Howard-Johnston, 13-14 April 1961To James Howard-Johnston, 15 …