CONTENTS

List of illustrations

Introduction

Prefatory note

THE LETTERS

1. Logan Pearsall Smith, 18 September 1943

2. Naomi ‘Nim’ Church, 28 August 1946

3. Peter Ramsbotham, 19 March 1947

4. Charles Stuart, 31 December 1947

5. Charles Stuart, 24 March 1949

6. Dawyck Haig, 28 January 1951

7. Dawyck Haig, 2 April 1951

8. Dawyck Haig, 20 October 1951

9. Hamish Hamilton, 19 February 1952

10. Alan Yorke-Long, 21 September 1952

11. Gerald Brenan, 23 November 1952

12. Xandra Howard-Johnston, 8 August 1953

13. Xandra Howard-Johnston, 11 August 1953

14. Isaiah Berlin, 18 February 1955

15. Sir Edward Boyle, 8 November 1956

16. Sir John Masterman, 13 December 1956

17. Wallace Notestein, 25 July 1957

18. Wallace Notestein, 7 March 1959

19. James Howard-Johnston, 21 May 1960

20. James Howard-Johnston, 19 June 1960

21. Alan Clark, 31 August 1960

22. Xandra Trevor-Roper, 21 September 1960

23. James Howard-Johnston, 5 April 1961

24. James Howard-Johnston, 8 April 1961

25. James Howard-Johnston, undated (probably 11 April 1961)

26. James Howard-Johnston, 13–14 April 1961

27. James Howard-Johnston, 15 April 1961

28. Felix Raab, undated (September 1962)

29. James Howard-Johnston, 5–7 April 1963

30. James Howard-Johnston, 29 February 1964

31. James Howard-Johnston, 6 January 1965

32. Valerie Pearl, 12 September 1965

33. Alan Macfarlane, 22 January 1967

34. Frances Yates, 2 November 1967

35. Gerald Brenan, 11 March 1968

36. James Howard-Johnston, 4 April 1968

37. A. L. Rowse, 12 April 1968

38. Wallace Notestein, 19 June 1968

39. Wallace Notestein, 21 July 1968

40. James Howard-Johnston, 23 August 1968

41. James Howard-Johnston, 15 September 1968

42. ‘Kim’ Philby, 21 September 1968

43. James Howard-Johnston, 17 December 1968

44. Valerie Pearl, 4 April 1969

45. James Howard-Johnston, 28 June 1969

46. Frances Yates, 28 December 1969

47. Tibor Szamuely, 6 March 1970

48. Robert Blake, 17 August 1970

49. Jeremy Catto, 6 April 1972

50. Sir Peter Medawar, 24 February 1973

51. Jeremy Cater, 16 April 1973

52. Jeremy Catto, 27 August 1973

53. Blair Worden, 10 April 1975

54. Blair Worden, 29 July 1976

55. Blair Worden, 12 April 1978

56. Blair Worden, 11 April 1979

57. Blair Worden, 10 August 1979

58. Nan Dunbar, 17 April 1980

59. Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 27 July 1980

60. Noël Annan, 26 December 1980

61. Michael Howard, 5 November 1981

62. Noël Annan, 17 November 1981

63. Jeremy Catto, 21 August 1982

64. Blair Worden, 14 April 1983

65. Frank Giles, 10 July 1983

66. Zeev Sternhell, 1 August 1983

67. Blair Worden, 28 December 1984

68. Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 2 March 1985

69. Noël Annan, 10 April 1985

70. Alasdair Palmer, 15 July 1986

71. Edward Chaney, 6 August 1986

72. Alasdair Palmer, 29 August 1986

73. Alasdair Palmer, 4 October 1986

74. James Stourton, 5 October 1986

75. Alasdair Palmer, 23 October 1986

76. Alasdair Palmer, 2 November 1986

77. Alasdair Palmer, 23 November 1986

78. Blair Worden, 12 April 1987

79. Edward Chaney, 5–11 May 1988

80. Alasdair Palmer, 29 May 1988

81. Edward Chaney, 26 June 1988

82. Alasdair Palmer, 14 August 1988

83. Noël Annan, 20 October 1988

84. Max Perutz, 7 January 1989

85. Max Perutz, 23 December 1989

86. Alasdair Palmer, 24 December 1989

87. Max Perutz, 15 August 1990

88. Edward Chaney, 20 April 1991

89. Adam Sisman, 21 June 1991

90. Blair Worden, 14 July 1991

91. James Shiel, 21 January 1992

92. Alasdair Palmer, undated (February 1992)

93. Alasdair Palmer, 17 December 1992

94. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, 12 January 1994

95. Noël Annan, 28 September 1994

96. Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 6 November 1997

97. Richard Rhodes, 11 June 1998

98. Peter Miller, 18 March 1999

99. Adam Sisman, undated (April 2001)

100. Sir Nicholas Henderson, 21 December 2001

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