Simon Courtauld

Cherchez la femme

The 22nd Earl of Erroll, Military Secretary in Kenya in the early part of the second world war, was described by two of his fellow peers of the realm as ‘a stoat — one of the great pouncers of all time’ and ‘a dreadful shit who really needed killing’.

issue 15 May 2010

  • The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice, Countess de Janzé

    Paul Spicer

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 308

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