So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it.
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| Birth: | 5th July, 1904 |
| Death: | 27th February, 1994 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Writer |
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Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton was born in Galluzzo, Florence, Italy. He was a British historical writer and poet. His non-historical works include four volumes of poetry, three novels, two novellas, two volumes of short stories, a memoir of Nancy Mitford, and two volumes of autobiography. He wrote several books include: Aquarium(poem), The last Medici, Peonies and ponies, Memoirs of an aesthete, Prince Isidore, The Bourbons of Naples, Tuscan Villas, Nancy Mitford: A Memoir, The Pazzi Conspiracy, Three Extraordinary Ambassadors, and Modern Chinese poetry(with Shixiang Chen).
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