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by Peter Stansky (Author) "Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart. (1888-1939) was one of the best-known and most glamorous figures in Britain in the first forty years of the twentieth century..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press; First Edition edition (4 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0300095473
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300095470
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 20.1 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 96,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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John Gross, The Sunday Telegraph, 20 April 2003.
'..[an] excellent study'.

Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post, 31 May 2003
‘A book full of sparkling anecdotes’

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4.0 out of 5 stars SPLENDID, 25 Oct 2007
I don't think I enjoyed this book just because I'm genuinely a great admirer of Sir Philip Sassoon, perhaps one of Britain's most elusive yet important political, cultural and social figures of the 20th century, but because I'm fascinated at how he did it and especially how close he was to his sister Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley.

This book is not very easy to read, hence the four stars, and at times it's a bit difficult to thread the journey of the Sassoons from Baghdad to London but nonetheless is worth the effort. After reading this book one understands why the much better known Rothschilds would have wanted to emulate the Sassoons.

Although a great admirer as well of the Rothschild dynasty, 'The Worlds of Philip and Sybil' provides a glimpse of the deepest possible brotherly love, but also that of two very strong personalities and is the quintessence of a biography about understated power and prestige in it's highest form.
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