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"Juicily entertaining... An exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice." Miranda Seymour. Mail on Sunday --Mail on Sunday
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'Philip Eade... is a natural writer: percipient, sympathetic, amusing... and those who have never heard of Sylvia Brooke are in for a treat' (MICHAEL HOLROYD )
'An enthralling study of an extraordinary woman. Philip Eade's book reads like a thriller... it is wonderfully written' (JOANNA LUMLEY )
"juicily entertaining... an exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice." (MIRANDA SEYMOUR MAIL ON SUNDAY )
"biting biography... draws on family archives to tell the full, jaw-dropping story of a family more than usually mischevious and dysfunctional." (THE TIMES )
"Eade adroitly handles both the tragic and the comic... certainly entertains." (BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE )
"a rollicking good read" (RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"a thorough, fascinating and rather giddying book... sensational" (LYNNE TRUSS THE SUNDAY TIMES )
"traces this tangled tale with diligence, humour and an easy style... For the true story read Philip Eade." (CHRISTOPHER ESHER THE SPECTATOR )
"Eade has uncovered a mine of marvellous material and handles it all with consummate wit and style... a dazzling debut... the perfect summer holiday read." (HUGH MASSINGBERD COUNTRY LIFE )
"Philip Eade's fascinating biography recounts a hedonistic life lived in Sarawak, Europe and the Caribbean.... It's all highly entertaining." (THE FIRST POST )
"A scrupulous researcher... his prose is clear and his style pleasing: he writes with panache." (SARA WHEELER DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"A ruthless self-publicist, irrepressible fantasist and the subject of Philip Eade's mordant and hugely entertaining biography." (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS )
'If you thought White Mischief was the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet met Sylvia and the Brookes.' (THE TIMES )
'an entertaining peep-show view of the British ruling class at the end of the Imperial age.' (Lucy Hughes-Hallett TLS )
'the kind of subject that biographers must dream of...Colourful anecdotes of eccentricity, lunacy and infidelity crowd every page.' (CHRISTOPHER HART SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR )
'an incredible story' (DAILY MAIL )
'...there is no denying the technical accomplishment of [Eade's] book - all the more remarkable because it is his first.' (KATHRYN HUGHES GUARDIAN )
'Amazing and hilarious' (CHRISTOPHER FOYLE DAILY EXPRESS )
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'Philip Eade... is a natural writer: percipient, sympathetic, amusing... and those who have never heard of Sylvia Brooke are in for a treat' Michael Holroyd --Michael Holroyd
'An enthralling study of an extraordinary woman. Philip Eade's book reads like a thriller... it is wonderfully written' Joanna Lumley --Joanna Lumley
"Juicily entertaining... An exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice." Miranda Seymour. Mail on Sunday --Mail on Sunday
Review
'Philip Eade... is a natural writer: percipient, sympathetic, amusing... and those who have never heard of Sylvia Brooke are in for a treat' (MICHAEL HOLROYD )
'An enthralling study of an extraordinary woman. Philip Eade's book reads like a thriller... it is wonderfully written' (JOANNA LUMLEY )
"juicily entertaining... an exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice." (MIRANDA SEYMOUR MAIL ON SUNDAY )
"biting biography... draws on family archives to tell the full, jaw-dropping story of a family more than usually mischevious and dysfunctional." (THE TIMES )
"Eade adroitly handles both the tragic and the comic... certainly entertains." (BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE )
"a rollicking good read" (RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
"a thorough, fascinating and rather giddying book... sensational" (LYNNE TRUSS THE SUNDAY TIMES )
"traces this tangled tale with diligence, humour and an easy style... For the true story read Philip Eade." (CHRISTOPHER ESHER THE SPECTATOR )
"Eade has uncovered a mine of marvellous material and handles it all with consummate wit and style... a dazzling debut... the perfect summer holiday read." (HUGH MASSINGBERD COUNTRY LIFE )
"Philip Eade's fascinating biography recounts a hedonistic life lived in Sarawak, Europe and the Caribbean.... It's all highly entertaining." (THE FIRST POST )
"A scrupulous researcher... his prose is clear and his style pleasing: he writes with panache." (SARA WHEELER DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"A ruthless self-publicist, irrepressible fantasist and the subject of Philip Eade's mordant and hugely entertaining biography." (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS )
'If you thought White Mischief was the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet met Sylvia and the Brookes.' (THE TIMES )
'an entertaining peep-show view of the British ruling class at the end of the Imperial age.' (Lucy Hughes-Hallett TLS )
'the kind of subject that biographers must dream of...Colourful anecdotes of eccentricity, lunacy and infidelity crowd every page.' (CHRISTOPHER HART SUNDAY TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR )
'an incredible story' (DAILY MAIL )
'...there is no denying the technical accomplishment of [Eade's] book - all the more remarkable because it is his first.' (KATHRYN HUGHES GUARDIAN )
'Amazing and hilarious' (CHRISTOPHER FOYLE DAILY EXPRESS )
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