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A Time of Renewal: Clusters of Characters, C.P. Snow and Coups
Philip Snow
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Description for A Time of Renewal: Clusters of Characters, C.P. Snow and Coups
Hardcover. The story of Philip Snow's time as Bursar of Rugby School during the 1950s. It reads like a social history of the times, since he found himself rubbing shoulders with eminent figures from a variety of fields - cricket, arts and letters, politics, the armed services, the law, academia and royalty. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGHA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
The author's departure from his beloved Fijian Service to become Bursar of Rugby School was heart-rending for him. However, a major factor in his decision was the chance to see more of his older brother, the novelist C.P. Snow. Philip himself was a character in three of his brother's novels and as his brother's reputation grew (not only as a novelist but also as a minister in Harold Wilson's government and later, in the House of Lords) new opportunities were opened to Philip. So his story reads like a social history from the 1950s onwards, since he found himself rubbing ... Read more
The author's departure from his beloved Fijian Service to become Bursar of Rugby School was heart-rending for him. However, a major factor in his decision was the chance to see more of his older brother, the novelist C.P. Snow. Philip himself was a character in three of his brother's novels and as his brother's reputation grew (not only as a novelist but also as a minister in Harold Wilson's government and later, in the House of Lords) new opportunities were opened to Philip. So his story reads like a social history from the 1950s onwards, since he found himself rubbing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860641497
SKU
V9781860641497
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About Philip Snow
Philip Snow, the youngest of four brothers (one of whom became Lord Snow of Leicester), was born and went to school in Leicester before going up to Cambridge. For 14 years he served in the Colonial Administrative Service as Magistrate and Provincial Commissioner; these were just two of a remarkable variety of posts including Receiver of Wrecks and Deputy Sheriff, ... Read more
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