S E-G-Hopkin

Remembering a classicist

Just as Alec Guinness resented being seen as Obi-Wan Kenobi for the rest of his life, Ian Richardson might have resented Francis Urquhart, the Machiavelli of Michael Dobbs’ House of Cards trilogy, whose catchphrase gives this book its title.

  • We Could Possibly Comment: Ian Richardson Remembered

    Sharon Mail

    Troubadour Publishing, 5 Weir Road, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester, LE8 0LQ, Tel: 0116 279 2299, pp. 180

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