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'Superb ... a dazzling young writer ... I have been riveted by this book from start to finish' John Julius Norwich, Sunday Telegraph
'Monumentally impressive: scholarly, witty and gorgeously written' Lewis Jones, Spectator, Books of the Year
'Had Steven Runciman not actually lived, someone, perhaps Evelyn Waugh, would have invented him. Byzantine historian, Hebridean laird, Levantine traveller, intelligence informant and Mayfair socialite ... an inspired choice of subject ... a gigantic biography, as rich, funny and teemingly peopled as Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time' Ben Judah, Financial Times
'Enthralling ... An exceptionally fascinating, always readable and penetratingly intelligent account of one of Britain's most distinguished and colourful historians' David Abulafia, Standpoint
'Brilliantly entertaining' Economist
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