Philip Ziegler

No Rose without a thorn

The waspish columnist was a well-informed snob, and quite capable of biting the noble hands that fed him material

issue 15 December 2018

  • Who’s In, Who’s Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose, Volume I, 1944–1979

    Edited by D.R. Thorpe

    Weidenfeld, pp. 617

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