{"product_id":"the-parting-years-1963-74-paperback","title":"The Parting Years: 1963-74 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCecil Beaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Cecil Beaton (1904 -1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeaton's sixth and final volume covers 1963-74. It follows Beaton's encounters with the youth of the swinging sixties but also the parting of many of his lifelong friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Marrakesh he meets Mick Jagger and in England David Hockney comes to stay. There are many vivid and affectionate portraits: Garbo in Greece, as bewitching as ever; Philippe and Pauline de Rothschild in their little principality at Mouton; Picasso, rather shrivelled but full of vitality and hope; Diana Cooper defying the passing years with indomitable energy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PARTING YEARS is the sixth volume of \u003ci\u003eCecil Beaton's Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal memoir of the twentieth century, covering famous artists and photographers, political figures, socialites, the rich \u0026amp; famous and movie stars. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of THE CROWN, LOVE, CECIL, fashion photography, artist's memoirs, and twentieth-century history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the reasons I continue to love and admire Cecil Beaton is his proven ability to accomplish as well as to believe as many as six impossible things at a time, before or after breakfast.' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One could go on reading him forever' - \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'His is \u003cb\u003ea superb diarist\u003c\/b\u003e, comparable to the best in our language' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks and Bookmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wise, witty and perceptive' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fascinating and well-written, and deserves to be read as an insight into a period and of someone who was very much part of it' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the unassailables of our time' -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***PLEASE NOTE THIS NEW EDITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENT IN THE ORIGINAL HARDBACK EDITION*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCECIL BEATON'S DIARIES SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 1: THE WANDERING YEARS: 1922-39\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 2: THE YEARS BETWEEN: 1939-44\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 3: THE HAPPY YEARS: 1944-8\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 4: THE STRENUOUS YEARS: 1948-55\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 5: THE RESTLESS YEARS: 1955-63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 6: THE PARTING YEARS: 1963-74\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53043095732531,"sku":"9781912546435","price":25.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/XHX1dtPKLU9781912546435.webp?v=1770840551","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-parting-years-1963-74-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}