tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8852868029728382265..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Diana Mosley again: The Marble Foot by Peter QuennellClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-85423877111104515742014-02-19T11:30:05.154+00:002014-02-19T11:30:05.154+00:00Cheers - a bit of a digression from the original M...Cheers - a bit of a digression from the original Mitford subject, but Peter Sussman obviously helped Dannie along a better path and tried to fight for his rights. One of the good guys.<br /><br />Very slightly reminds me a bit of the Norman Mailer - Jack Abbott relationship, although not exactly obviously. (Maybe not at all, in fact, though it did spring to mind! My brain is working very randomly today.)<br /> col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57987828230305686502014-02-19T11:18:09.006+00:002014-02-19T11:18:09.006+00:00I just looked all that up - absolutely riveting. H...I just looked all that up - absolutely riveting. He sounds a really nice man, despite the bank robber thing. Thanks Col.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57210757943259102282014-02-19T09:09:59.678+00:002014-02-19T09:09:59.678+00:00Yes, he collaborated with an inmate of a correctio...Yes, he collaborated with an inmate of a correctional facility in the States. The guy, Danny Martin was contributing a column to a newspaper and the prison authorities were endeavouring to stop him. The book was called Committing Journalism - The Prison Writings of Red Hog. Danny Martin also wrote a couple of fictional crime books that were really good also - The Dishwasher and In the Hat. Just googled him and he apparently died recently, which is sad. http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Dannie-Martin-dies-bank-robber-wrote-of-prison-5105636.phpcol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35502675182922946682014-02-19T09:03:21.348+00:002014-02-19T09:03:21.348+00:00Oh that's interesting, I don't know the bo...Oh that's interesting, I don't know the book you mean, but would love to hear about it if you remember.... Col, above, is hoping there aren't any more Mitford books, but I think he won't get his wish....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22391168376498216332014-02-19T09:02:13.151+00:002014-02-19T09:02:13.151+00:00Very impressed! and very generous of you to share ...Very impressed! and very generous of you to share in the circs.... I'm presuming Sussman's earlier work was on some quite different topic?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41870180042884083072014-02-19T05:37:30.368+00:002014-02-19T05:37:30.368+00:00Peter Sussman - Decca. There I've found it for...Peter Sussman - Decca. There I've found it for you - I read one of the guys previous books and he told me who was doing something on the Mitford's and I said "who?" This was some years ago - well he went and did it.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-38701355688052754192014-02-18T23:28:39.597+00:002014-02-18T23:28:39.597+00:00I had been discussing Diana Mosley with my husband...I had been discussing Diana Mosley with my husband, so when he saw you had a post on her (again), he pointed it out. I have trying to remember an espionage novel (that I read) that she was in, and it just won't come to me. It was fairly current, and she did not have a big role... It is driving me crazy.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-36198289742073519192014-02-18T18:33:13.715+00:002014-02-18T18:33:13.715+00:00I'm going to find another one now, just to ann...I'm going to find another one now, just to annoy you. Sadly, not a murder story between them....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-14817916464218641042014-02-18T11:23:59.065+00:002014-02-18T11:23:59.065+00:00There can't be any Mitford books left to cover...There can't be any Mitford books left to cover now can there? (Fingers crossed, eh! I'm joking Moira)col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-36151892990790624632014-02-17T14:26:04.520+00:002014-02-17T14:26:04.520+00:00Excellent point about the champagne, Margot, what ...Excellent point about the champagne, Margot, what a waste. I think one reason I am fascinated by Diana Mosley is because there was obviously something ephemeral about her charm and beauty, people find it hard to describe exactly what it was.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52685866864990724152014-02-17T13:21:08.675+00:002014-02-17T13:21:08.675+00:00Moira - Not only is it just plain wrong to damage ...Moira - Not only is it just plain wrong to damage a dress like that in that way, but what about the champagne!? The more you mention Diana Mosley, the more interesting she seems to be. Certainly she got a lot of notice at the time. Some people just do have that sort of magnetism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com