| Evidence: | 'I went yesterday to Montreux and then changed and went in a funny funicular to a place called Gstaadt where we arrived at 7.30. I read Byron all the time.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Jan 1923 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Switzerland | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Harold Nicolson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 21 Nov 1886 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Switzerland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19958 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harold Nicolson | |
| Editor: | Nigel Nicolson | |
| Title: | Vita and Harold | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 117 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter dated 2 January 1923 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West. |
| Citation: | Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 117, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19958, accessed: 28 November 2023 | |
| The editor has added in a footnote that Harold had started researching for his book "Byron: The Last Journey". |
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