by Diana Cooper
Arizona, 27
Arlington Street, London, 255 and n72, 275, 324, 386
Army & Navy Stores, 34
ARP (Air Raid Precautions), 50 and n37, 61-2, 125-6
Arras-Albert railway line, 2
Arromanches (ship), 311
Ascot, 96
Ashcroft, Peggy, 127
Ashfield, Albert, Lord 48, 97
Ashley see Clarke, Ashley
Asni, 357
Asolo, 433
Asquith, Anthony (Puffin), 301 and n15
Asquith, Herbert, 2
Asquith, Katherine, 52, 77, 216, 217, 219, 249, 251, 283, 473
Assisi, 318, 319
Astier de la Vigerie, Emmanuel d’, 174 and n23
Astor, John, 253
Athlone, Lord, 85
Atlas, 164, 173, 337, 344, 345, 348, 357, 359, 360
Attlee, Clement, 225, 414 and n23
Auberon see Herbert, Auberon
Auckland, 146
Audley Square, London, 76 and n7
Auric, Norah, 267 and n9
Australia, 116, 133, 140-1, 143-5, 260 and n1
Auteuil, 286
Aveline, Momo, 200, 201
Ayto, Alice (Nanny), 32, 38, 42, 81, 476
Azores, 133
Azrou, 360
Baddeley, Hermione, 367
Baden Baden, 243
Bagnold, Enid, 234, 235, 246, 311, 330, 471
The Loved and Envied, 435 and n25
National Velvet, 234
Bahamas, 430
Baldwin, Wyndham (Bloggs), 52 and n40, 164, 175, 177, 190, 194, 197-8, 235 and n18, 329, 469
Balfour, Harold, 194
Bali, 143, 144
Balloon Corps, 256
Balzac, Honoré de, 250, 252, 258
Eugénie Grandet, 252
Bangkok, 143
Bar, 294
Barbara see Hutchinson, Barbara
Barbie see Wallace, Barbie
Bardia, 103 and n35
Barham, Mrs, 117 and n6, 118-19
Baring, Maurice (Mumble; Major), 35 and n6, 37, 42, 214, 234, 343, 362, 377, 432
Puppet Show of Memory, 303
Baring, Twinks, 207 and n49
Barley see Alison, Barley
Baroda, Maharajah of, 235
Barrault, J.L., 199, 347
Barrie, J.M., 324
Bartlett, Fara, 110 and n1, 471
Basle, 285, 295
Basra, 148
Batavia, 137, 138-9, 143, 150
Bate, Canon, 202
Bath, Daphne, Marchioness of (Lady Weymouth) 77, 219, 249, 274, 282, 426-7, 470
Battersby, Martin, 424-5 and n2, 440
Battersea Hospital, 72, 74
Battle Hymn of the Republic, 53
Baumgartner (Governor of Banque de France), 338
Bay of Bengal, 150
BBC, 53, 247, 452-3
Beachy Head, 187
Beaton, Cecil, 51-2, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 245, 264, 293-4, 308, 313, 314, 402, 469
Beaton, Mrs, 308 and n31
Beaulieu, 212-13
Beaune, 190
Beauvais, 454
Beaverbrook, Lord (Max; Max Calvin; Max the Calvinist), 32, 43, 47, 56, 60, 104-5, 166 and n10, 432, 468
Bébé see Bérard, Christian
Beck, Clare, 207
Bedbug see Budberg, Baroness Moura
Bee see Pembroke, Lady
Beerbohm, Max, 258
Beirut, 464
Belgrade, 461, 464
Bella Vista Hotel, Montecatini, 448
Belle et la Bête, La, 286 and n51
Belleville, Rupert, 458
Belloc, Hilaire (Hilary), 61 and n58, 63, 68, 116, 239-40, 305 and n27, 432, 472
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine, 305 and n27
Belton, 2 and n1
Belvoir Castle, 1, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 76, 87, 90, 91, 107, 252, 255, 275, 462 and n1, 468
Bemelmans, Ludwig, 309 and n35
Bendern, John de, 211 and n65, 274, 279, 468
Bennett, Arnold, 253 and n68, 258
Benson, Rex, 51 and n38
Benson (née Manners), Lady Violet (Letty), 338, 474
Bérard, Christian (Bébé), 184 and n2, 278, 294, 333, 347, 383, 468
Berchtesgaden, 423
Bergman, Ingrid, 415 and n28
Berkeley Hotel, Paris, 188, 276
Berkeley Square, London, 75
Berlin, 88
Berlin, Isaiah, 208, 232, 283, 301, 400, 401, 427, 472
Bermuda, 133
Berners, Gerald, 318
Bernini, Giovanni, 322
Bernstein, Henri, 40, 468
Berriau, General, 351
Berriau, Simone (mistress of Pasha of Marrakesh), 334, 337, 345, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, 358
Berry, Lady Pamela (Pam), 70, 80, 99, 122, 230, 232, 288, 293, 373, 394, 432, 476
Bertram see Cruger, Bertram
Besançon, 191
Bestegui, Charlie, 278, 297 and n11, 392, 441, 468
Béthouart, General, 198 and n26
Betty see Cranborne, Lady Betty, later Lady Salisbury
Bevan, Aneurin, 274 and n30
Bevin, Ernest (Ernie), 209 and n58, 210, 225, 249, 471
Bibesco, Marthe, 248
Bidault, Georges, 193 and n20, 209, 279
Biddle, Tony, 380
Bill see Paley, William S.
Billy, Robert de, 402
Birth of a Nation, 253
Blackton, J. Stuart, 4
Blanchard, M., 375
Blanche, M., 171
Blitz, DC describes life during the, 67-108
Blixen, Baroness, 281
Bloggs see Baldwin, Wyndham
Blunt, Professor Anthony, 232 and n12
Bobetty see Cranborne, Robert, Lord (Bobbety), later Marquess of Salisbury
Bognor Regis (West House), 31 and n1, 34-5 and n5, 39-40, 57-8, 109-30, 161, 179, 183, 219, 220, 225, 226, 239, 240, 285, 315, 428, 461
Bogomolov, Mr (Bogo), 169, 193 and n18
Bogomolov, Mrs, 169 and n15, 193 and n18
Boivin, M., 444-5, 446
Bonn, Mr, 74
Bonnot, André (huissier at Embassy), 199 and n30, 207, 467
Borghese, Pauline (Napoleon’s sister), 183, 242 and n39, 277, 322
Borghese Museum, Rome, 322
Borniche, M., 275
Born Yesterday, 198
Bosham, 114
Boston, Massachusetts, 21, 22, 23
Bouch, Tommy, 254 and n69
Bouchet, M., 331
Bourdet, Denise, 333
Bowen, Elizabeth, 203, 258
Bowles, Jane (Janie), 361 and n49, 406
Bowles, Paul, 361 and n49
Bowra, Professor, 208 and n52
Box see Colefax, Lady
Bracken, Brendan, 62-3, 75, 92, 99, 107, 129 and n17, 469
Bratislava, 459
Breccles Hall, 284-5 and n45, 427
Brendan see Bracken, Brendan
Brighton, 42, 233-4, 263, 348
Brissac, Duc de, 407
British Embassy, Cairo, 155, 157
British Embassy, Paris
DC anticipates the move to, 177
period of Duff’s ambassadorship, 9, 181-221
DC and Duff leave, 225
DC disappointed by changes at, 277-8
DC attends ball at, 279-80
brief references, 226, 243, 261, 266, 283, 329, 343
British Embassy, Rome, 178
British Film Producers’ Association, 285 and n47, 291
Britten, Benjamin, 185, 249
Brontë, Charlotte: Villette, 454-5, 457
Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert, 134, 136, 141
Brooklyn, 23
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Sonnets from the Portuguese, 377
Brownlow, Perry, 105-6
Bruce, David, 39, 293 and n4, 316, 402, 444
Bruce, Evangeline, 293, 402, 441, 444, 471
Brussels, 378
Buchel, M., 203
Buckingham, 31
Buckingham Palace, 44, 261, 263-5, 271, 273-4, 394-6
Buckley, Christopher, 305
Buck’s Club, London, 78
Budberg, Baroness Moura (Bedbug), 61, 89, 232, 428, 468, 476
Bulbridge, 307, 469
Bullitt, Bill, 186
Burckhardt, Carl, 82, 244, 295, 347, 407, 435, 469
Burgess, Guy, 444 and n41
Burma, 139-40, 141, 143
Burne-Jones, Edward, 234
Bushey, 3
Butler, Mr and Mrs, 123
Butterworth, 62
Cadett, Tom, 428 and n8
Cadogan, Alex, 191 and n14
Caetani, Cora, 384
Café de la Sorbonne, Paris, 310
Caffrey, Mr (US ambassador), 193
Caffrey, Jamie, 445, 459, 472
Caïd, 357
Cairo, 148, 151, 155, 157
Calais, 379
Calcutta, 142-3, 148, 150
California, 27-8
Calvi, 425-6
Campagna, 322
Campbell, Mrs Patrick, 390
Camrose, Lord and Lady, 48
Canada, 21-2, 91, 106
JJN’s schooldays in (at Upper Canada College), 49-50, 66, 67, 110, 126, 161
‘Canadian Boat Song’, 56 and n48
Canberra, 145
Cannes, 217, 437, 439
Canton, Ohio, 22
Canupa Vieux Port, Marseilles, 419
Cape Wrath, 15 and n3
Capote, Truman, 406
Carandini, Signor, 317
Caravaggio, 322-3
Cardiff, 209, 219
Caribbean, 282 see also West Indies
Carl see Burckhardt, Carl
Carlisle, Lady, 89
Carlton Club, London, 84
Carnegie, Mrs, 89
Carnegy, Christian, 367 and n54
Caroline see Paget, Lady Caroline
Carroll, Lewis: Through the Looking Glass, 3
Carson, Mr, 161
Cary see Paget, Lady Caroline
Casa Maury, Freda, 233 and n14
Cassino, 178
Cassis, 414
Castel Gandolfo, 322
Castile, 362
Cat, the see Kommer, Dr Rudolf
Catelot, M., 333
Catroux, Mme, 192 and n15
Cecil see Beaton, Cecil
Cecil, David, 208, 276, 392, 395, 469
Cecil, Rachel, 392
Cecilia see Hay, Cecilia
Celle, Abbaye de, 414, 416
Censorship Office, 38
Central America, 260
Century Theatre, New York, 4
Cercle Allié, Paris, 440
Ceres, HMS, 282
Cézanne, Paul, 417
Chaliapin, Feodor, 253 and n66
Chalon, 410
Chamberlain, Neville, 8, 9, 13, 32, 342, 463
Chambure, Charles de, 338
Chambure, Hubert de, 237-8
Chambure, Marie de, 338
Champlatreux, 331
Champneys, 396-8
Champs-Elysées, 187, 192, 335
Chanel, 272
Channel Isles, 103
Channon, Henry (Chips), 92-3, 235, 245, 264, 284, 285, 286 and n49, 311, 348, 469
Chantilly (Château de Firmin)
DC finds Château de Firmin, 186
as retreat during years at embassy, 194, 208
as home during retirement years, 225, 226, 243, 267-71, 272, 274-7, 278, 281, 283-4, 286-8, 293 and n3, 302-5, 316, 326, 330-2, 336-7, 374-7, 378-9, 381, 384-6, 387-9, 394, 401, 402-5, 409, 424-5, 427-9, 430-1, 433-4, 435, 451, 454-5, 461, 462-3
Princess Margaret visits, 387-9
DC stays for further six years after Duff’s death, 464
DC leaves, 464
Chapel Street, London, 31, 32, 33, 37, 54-5, 69, 87 and n15, 99, 225
Chapin, Seldon, 344
Chaplin, Charlie, 28
Charles, Prince of Wales, 334 and n16
Charles, Sir Noel and Lady, 374
Charlie Wormwood see Gaulle, General Charles de
Charlotte, North Carolina, 21
Charmley, John, 8
Charteris, Hugo, 384, 385, 436, 472
Charteris, Martin, 23, 46, 475
Charteris, Virginia, 384, 385
Chase, James Hadley
The Flesh of the Orchid, 276
No Orchids for Miss Blandish, 276 and n33
Chateaubriand: Mémoires d’Outre-Tombe, 318-19
Château de Chantilly, 186
Château de Madrid, 214, 439
Château de Saint Firmin see Chantilly
Chatham, 282, 338
Chequers, 69, 93
Chianti, 321
Chicago, 25
Chichester, 161
Chichester, Bishop of, 193, 194
China, 143
Chinnery, Mark, 367
Chips see Channon, Henry
Chiswick, 314
Chréa, 345 and n31
Christchurch, 146
Christie (gatekeeper at Embassy in Paris), 279
Churchill, Arabella, 362
Churchill, Clarissa, 231 and n10, 245
Churchill, Lady Clementine (Clemmie), 93, 107, 165, 168, 191, 192, 469
Churchill, Mary, 93, 107, 207 and n48, 469
Churchill, Pamela (Spam), 69-70, 325-6 and n59
Churchill, Randolph (Randy), 103, 164, 175, 176 178, 288, 325-6, 469
Churchill, Sarah, 165, 297 and n12, 299, 300
Churchill, Winston (the Colonel; Duckling)
becomes Prime Minister, and appoints Duff as Minister of Information, 32
DC goes to lunch with, 38, 104
invited to meet Wild Bill Donovan, 45
clothes, 88, 165 and n9
response to suggestion of bombing Berlin, 88
at Ditchley, 107-8
and the situation in Far East, 133, 147, 148
telegram to Duff, 147
and Duff’s posting to Algiers, 162
in North Africa, 164 and n5, 165-8
first official visit to France after Liberation of Paris, 190 and n9, 191, 192
predicts war with Russia, 283
DC reads book by, 341-2, 343, 397
speech about the King’s death, 453
brief references, 50, 75, 82 and n13, 92, 431, 469
Writings:
The Gathering Storm, 342
Marlborough, 342
Claridge’s, London, 33, 85
Clarke, Ashley, 301, 335, 467
Clarke, Rufus, 206, 207, 243, 266, 282, 335, 478
Clarke, Virginia, 301, 316, 404
Clarkson, Willie, 253
Clemmie see Churchill, Lady Clementine
Cleopatra, HMS, 282, 283 and n42, 336, 338
JJN describes life on board, 328
Clermont-Tonnerre, Duchesse de, 217
Cleveland, Ohio, 22
Clifford, Alexander (Alex), 201, 467
Clifford, Anne see Cooper (née Clifford), Anne, Lady Norwich
Clifford, Pandora (Pan), 246 and n55, 476
Clifford family, 246
Clinch, Mr (schoolmaster), 12
Clipper, 19 and n7, 24, 133 and n1, 136
Coalbox see Colefax, Lady
Coats, Peter, 286 and n49
Cobham, 59
Cocteau, Jean, 184, 199 and n27, 286-n51, 347, 390-1
Cohen, Dr, 228
Colefax, Lady (Coalbox; Box), 39 and n15, 60, 68, 74, 240, 244, 283, 314-15, 470
Colette, 198-9, 339, 351
Collins, Mr (butler at Ditchley), 237
Collins (chauffeur), 306
Colman, Ronald, 300
Colonel, the see Churchill, Winston
Columbia Broadcasting System, 20, 32
Columbia University, 18
Colville, Jack, 165 n9
Comédie Française, 205
Communists, 128-9
Como, 301
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lit s
ee Wagons-Lit company
Compton Beauchamp, 169
Connolly, Cyril, 429
Conrad see Russell, Conrad
Conrad, Joseph: The Outcast of the Islands, 428, 433
Contade, Jacqueline de, 316
Coombs, Mr, 85
Cooper (née Duff), Agnes, 6-7
Cooper, Dr Alfred, 7-8
Cooper (née Clifford), Anne, 464, 467
Cooper, Artemis, 464
Cooper (née Manners), Diana
birth, 1
family background, 1-2
works at Guy’s Hospital during First World War, 4
marries Duff, 2, 4
memories of her wedding, 386-7
acting career, 4-6
travels to America, 14-16
goes to New York World’s Fair, 16
visits Washington, 17-19
on the Neutrality Act, 17, 18
visits Hoover Institute of Criminal Investigation, 18-19
makes economies, 19-20
travels around America, 19, 20-1, 22, 24-5, 26-7
on her son’s letters, 20, 23, 25, 26
visits Canada, 21-2
on spending Christmas away from her son, 22
on demonstration in Brooklyn, 23
New Year 1940, 24
visits Natural History Museum in New York, 24
and flying, 25-6 and n12, 134, 137-8, 141-2, 146, 151, 170-1, 254 and n71
in Hollywood, 27-8
returns to London, 31
decides to send her son to America, 31-2, 33
moves into Dorchester Hotel, 33, 35
busy doing war work, 34
on the attack on the French fleet, 34 and n3
visits Maurice Baring (Mumble; Major), 35, 37, 42, 55
on the expected invasion, 35, 36, 40 and n19, 49, 50, 51, 69-70 and n3, 73, 106
on dealing with reporters, 36
on internees, 37
talks with a German, 37
indignant about removal of air from her tyres, 37-8
letter censored, 38, 39
at lunch with Churchill, 38
on receiving news of her son, 36, 38, 39, 42, 48
on calm atmosphere in London, 40
on giving blood, 40, 41-2, 86
on attacks on Duff, 40-1, 43, 46, 47
as victim of a hoax, 42-3, 44
decides on her son’s schooling in Canada, 43-4, 49-50, 67
on inviting Wild Bill Donovan to dinner, 45
on Rex Whistler, 45-6
on improvement in relations with the press, 48
attends meeting in Woodford, 50
on the Free French, 51
hears news about Cecil Beaton’s trip to the north, 51-2
and the beginning of air raids on London, 52, 54-5, 55-6, 56-7, 60-1
makes radio broadcast, 53
visit to Lavington, 57-9
pays a visit to house at Bognor, 57-8
at Tangmere airfield, 58-9
returns to London, 59-60
birthday in 1940, 60
on Hilaire Belloc, 61
spends a few days out of London, 61-3
on shooting, 62
in London during the Blitz, 67-108
describes air raids and bomb damage, 68, 69, 70, 71-3, 74-5, 75-6, 78-9, 80, 81, 82, 84-5, 87-8, 90-1, 92-3, 94-5, 96-7, 100