Peter Parker

The long and disgraceful life of Britain’s pre-eminent bounder

A review of The Man Who Was Norris: The life of Gerald Hamilton, by Tom Cullen. The great thing about this book is that Cullen rarely makes the mistake of taking Hamilton (once described as ‘the wickedest man in Europe’) at his own word

Joining the old rogue on his 80th birthday, from left to right, Bevis Hillier, Antonia Fraser, Hamilton, James Pope-Hennessy, James Reeve, and the Spectator’s current book editor, Mark Amory [Getty Images/iStock] 
issue 19 July 2014
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  • The Man Who Was Norris: The life of Gerald Hamilton

    Tom Cullen

    Daedalus, pp. 338

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