About the Author:
Charles Spencer was educated at Eton College and obtained his degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford. Since he was a boy the Battle of Blenheim has fascinated him - it was even his History O level special project - partly because of the Spencer-Churchill direct link to the engagement's prime victor, John, Duke of Marlborough. While in the middle of a seven year stint as a correspondent for NBC News in the United States, Charles Spencer inherited the ancestral home of Althorp, Northampton, which he has since restored and refurbished. He lives at Althorp and in West London with his wife, four children from his first marriage, and two stepsons. He achieved worldwide attention after speaking passionately at the funeral of his sister Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. His previous works are 'Althorp: the Story of an English House' (1998) and 'The Spencer Family' (1999).
Review:
Scruffy, chubby, disorganized Benson is a shrewd and amiable operator, the writing is from the self-deprecatingly witty school ... altogether highly entertaining The Times Hugely sympathetic and funny enough to make you laugh out loud Literary Review A real find as a novelist. His books are a fine example of that rare and special breed, the English comedy thriller. He writes witty and selfless prose ... full of magnificent cameos and vignettes Sunday Telegraph
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