Contents

Foreword

LONDON 1919–1926

A Stranger

An Unfinished Story

WORLD TOUR 1926–1927

The Making of a Matron

The Last Chukka

‘Tahiti Waits’

ENGLAND 1932–1939

A Pretty Case for Freud

‘Ambition’ Bevan

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

‘Bien Sûr’

A Luckless Lebanese

TRAVEL YEARS 1946–1952

The Woman who knew Frank Harris

A Bunch of Beachcombers

The Wicked Baronet

Circle of Deception

Sources