| Evidence: | ' I've just finished "B[ernal] Diaz". The terminal pages of the preface are just lovely with their irresistable reference to the tempi passati. As to the book itself no personal friend of the old Conquistador could have put it together with greater skill and more tender care.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 26 Feb 1915 and 28 Oct 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
| Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
| Country of origin: | Poland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Graham |
| Title: | Bernal Diaz de Castillo:Being Some Account of Him Taken From His True History of the Conquest of New Spain |
| Genre: | History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1915 Eveleigh Nash |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 27684 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 520 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to R.B.Cunninghame Grahame 28 October 1915, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 520, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27684, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
| See letter 25 February 1915 p. 447 of source text, in which Conrad indicates his intention to order this book immediately, having read a review of it. |
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