Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1941-1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 volume
Scope and content
Liber in vinculis or the Mock Turtle's adventure , a meditation on his life and career, with particular reference to the Battle of Crete, 1941, written as a POW in Germany, 1941-1945, and including a short essay on the Battle of Crete, 1941, by Dr Mark Mazower, privately published by Trinity College, Cambridge in 1989.
System of arrangement
1 volume
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1905; educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge; Assistant Lecturer in Law, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1932; Lecturer, 1934; commissioned in Army and detached for service with Special Operations Executive, 1940; sent to Crete to plan clandestine operations and prepare for resistance in event of German invasion, 1940-1941; POW, Germany, 1941-1945; Reader in Comparative Law, 1949; Professor of Comparative Law, 1955-1973, specialising in the comparison of English and French Law; elected Bencher of Grey's Inn, 1956, and Treasurer, 1975; Queen's Counsel, 1975; died in 1987.
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by Trinity College, Cambridge in 1989.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description. Further finding aids may be available in the Reading Room.
Existence and location of originals
Original manuscript held by Trinity College, Cambridge.
Related materials
Note
Compiled Aug 1996
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Hamson, Charles John Joseph, 1905-1987, Professor of Comparative Law (Subject)
- Mazower, Mark, fl 1989-1999, military historian (Subject)
- British Army (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.