Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon By Damian Collins

Name: Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon By Damian Collins
Brand: William Collins

William Collins

A used book in very good condition in a very good dust jacket published by William Collins in 2016\nThe dust jacket has just a touch of edge wear. Pages very lightly tanned throughout. \nThe story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, Philip Sassoon lived in a world of English elegance and oriental flair. Gathering a social set that would provide inspiration for Brideshead Revisited, Sassoon gave parties at which Winston Churchill argued with George Bernard Shaw, while No\u00EBl Coward and Lawrence of Arabia mingled with flamingos and Rex Whistler painted murals as the party carried on around them. Not merely a wealthy socialite, he worked at the right hand of Douglas Haig during the First World War and then for Prime Minister Lloyd George for the settlement of the peace. He was close to King Edward VIII during t;