The Quest for GraceSecond part of the late Manning Clark's autobiography which began with TThe Puzzles of Childhood' (1989). By the author of the celebrated six-volume TA History of Australia', this book traces Clark's journey of self-discovery to Oxford and Europe and his return to Australia. |
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Page 100
... Mme la Baronne de Resbecq was cordial . She liked to have guests from Oxford University . She knew , she said , they would be gentlemen , yes and gentlewomen too . Mme la Baronne had been honoured by the Pope for the stand she had taken ...
... Mme la Baronne de Resbecq was cordial . She liked to have guests from Oxford University . She knew , she said , they would be gentlemen , yes and gentlewomen too . Mme la Baronne had been honoured by the Pope for the stand she had taken ...
Page 101
... Mme la Baronne told us she loved reading history , that her library consisted mainly of history books , and that Monsieur must feel free to spend time there . When I did , I found that for Mme la Baronne history meant the lives of ...
... Mme la Baronne told us she loved reading history , that her library consisted mainly of history books , and that Monsieur must feel free to spend time there . When I did , I found that for Mme la Baronne history meant the lives of ...
Page 102
... Mme la Baronne held bizarre opinions on the world of 1939. In a burst of confidence she told me Karl Marx was the ... Mme la Baronne presented me with a problem . Here was a woman holding quite odious political opinions , and quite life ...
... Mme la Baronne held bizarre opinions on the world of 1939. In a burst of confidence she told me Karl Marx was the ... Mme la Baronne presented me with a problem . Here was a woman holding quite odious political opinions , and quite life ...
Contents
The Quest Begins | 1 |
Becoming a Melbourne Boy | 29 |
An Australian in the Land of Holy Wonders | 48 |
Copyright | |
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