[Father, Dear Father 01] • Father Dear Father

A brilliantly irreverent and affectionate portrait of the last great English eccentric, by his only daughter, the *Spectator's* deputy editor.

"Father was the last of the old school. Described by his friend and former political rival Roy Jenkins as "the ultimate original," he was a politician, writer, race-horse owner, womanizer and bon vivant - a unique product of pre-war English civilization. His career ensured him a varied circle of friends. I grew up with such companions as Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch, Robin Day, James Goldsmith, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, the Duke of Devonshire and much of Debrett's Peerage."