Sasha Swire’s Sunday Times bestseller, Diary of an MP’s Wife (Abacus £9.99) is out now in paperback.
1. Henry “Chips” Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1) 1918-38
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2. The Harold Nicolson Diaries
3. Diaries: In Power
4. The Diary of Samuel Pepys
5. Bee Journal
6. Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
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