Private History: An Autobiography" 1960 PATMORE, Derek Jewellery Diamonds have been used to

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Private History: An Autobiography" 1960 PATMORE, Derek Jewellery Diamonds have been used toPATMORE, Derek [294] pp. Jonathan Cape 1960 8" x 5 5 8" A man of unusual versatility, Derek Patmore won fame as an expert on interior decoration, as a playwright, as a travel writer and as a biographer. His Private History gives a comprehensive picture of a social world which has now passed into the realms of history. The bulk of the book deals with life in England during the 1920s and 1930s and the author, in addition to recounting his own