My costly battle to unearth Lord Mountbatten s secret diaries
How far will you go to get to the truth? Andrew Lownie has spent his life s savings, but his quest continues.
18 May 2021 • 5:00am
To date, he has spent six years trying to see the private diaries and correspondence Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten
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Most biographers pride themselves on leaving no stone unturned in digging into the professional and personal lives of their subjects, but none can surely have gone to such extraordinary lengths as Andrew Lownie, for his book on the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
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