My Meeting with the Byron of Our Times
Like the poet, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a dashing man of action and letters and a hero to the Greeks for his wartime exploits in Crete
Anthony Blunt: Art, Espionage and Treason
The Keeper of the Queen’s Pictures and Soviet spy sought out kindred spirits among artists who, like him, had lived double lives
The Tragic Destiny of Basil Blackwood
Unpublished documents reveal how the brilliant 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava met his end on a wartime mission in Burma
Past Times of a Present Master
Underrated American author James Salter’s latest novel, at its best, evokes Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Tolstoy
