I Invented The Historical Spy

One Is What One Has The Nerve To Pretend To Be.

Whether You Like It Or Not, Paris Is The Beating Heart Of Western Civilisation. It's Where It All Began And Ended.

I Don't Just Want My Books To Be About The '30s And '40s. I Want Them To Read As If They Had Been Written Then. I Think Of Them As '40s Novels, Written In The Conservative Narrative Past.

If You Can Live In Paris, Maybe You Should.

I Write What I Call 'novels Of Consolation' For People Who Are Bright And Sophisticated.