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 Witness to History: The life of John Wheeler-Bennett, Yale University Press.
Yale University Press, 2012
Excerpt:
John Wheeler-Bennett was never a household name but, in the mid-twentieth century, he knew virtually everyone who was. 'The list of those present at his Memorial Service,' observed his nephew Rick, 'is testimony to the circles in which he operated from Royalty downwards.' Since he had not needed to earn his living, from an early age he had been free to choose to become a historian. 'The rewards of our calling are rich and golden,' he had said shortly before his death. Despite intermittent poor health, hard work and the discipline of his reach accorded him high status a s a member of the intellectual establishment. 'He was brilliantly intelligent, an enterprising journalist, a courageous adenturer, a gifted writer, one of the best-informed people in Europe, well-connected and wonderful company,' wrote historian Sir Michale Howard. As Harold Macmillan acknowledged, Wheeler-Bennett may have been 'an amateur for he was self-taught; but, in accuracy and imagination, and also power of writing, he ranked very high among the professionals.'
Chapter 11: Memories, p. 281.
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