From Whom The Cloche Tolls - A Scrap-Book Of the Twenties By Angus Wilson And Philippe Jullian Patch Published 1954 Great Britain

Published 1954 Great Britain

and her friends gambol through Italy (with a quick stop in Paris) on their way to Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953

Probably Bemelmans' best work and certainly his most famous essays

John Updike

' Their story is told through a series of parodic letters

From Whom The Cloche Tolls - A Scrap-Book Of the Twenties By Angus Wilson And Philippe Jullian Patch Published 1954 Great BritainA spoof scrapbook of the 1920s, documenting the life of 'Maisie, a rich American woman, the widow of an English officer, and her two children, the debutante Bridget, the witty aesthete son Tata.' Their story is told through a series of parodic letters, diaries and literature brought together in scrapbook form by a friend called 'Alice'. The text is accompanied by Jullian's wonderful, satirical drawings. The book is written with an affectionate and