ROWSE, (Alfred) Leslie (1903-1997). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Leslie') to Gilbert [Phelps] (1915-1993, novelist), 2 pages 8vo with envelope, All Souls College Oxford, 10 March 1987. Railing against the deterioration of England in the most politically incorrect terms and praising [Barbara] Pym's work.

'... You put your finger on why Miss P. was turned down all through the Silly Sixties - that appalling period when everything went wrong with this country: the filthy new social order, inflation at 20%, bringing in all the blacks & coloureds into an over populated country, Trade Unions on top, decline in education, etc etc. ...'

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