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Note to the U.S. Edition | |
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Author s Note | |
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Adolf Hitler + John Scott-Ellis | |
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John Scott-Ellis + Rudyard Kipling | |
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Rudyard Kipling + Mark Twain | |
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Mark Twain + Helen Keller | |
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Helen Keller + Martha Graham | |
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Martha Graham + Madonna | |
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Madonna + Michael Jackson | |
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Michael Jackson + Nancy Reagan | |
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Nancy Reagan + Andy Warhol | |
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Andy Warhol + Jackie Kennedy | |
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Jackie Kennedy + HM Queen Elizabeth II | |
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HM Queen Elizabeth II + The Duke of Windsor | |
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The Duke of Windsor + Elizabeth Taylor | |
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Elizabeth Taylor + James Dean | |
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James Dean + Alec Guinness | |
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Alec Guinness + Evelyn Waugh | |
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Evelyn Waugh + Igor Stravinsky | |
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Igor Stravinsky + Walt Disney | |
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Walt Disney + P.L. Travers | |
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P.L. Travers + George Ivanovich Gurdjieff | |
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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff + Frank Lloyd Wright | |
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Frank Lloyd Wright + Marilyn Monroe | |
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Marilyn Monroe + Nikita Khrushchev | |
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Nikita Khrushchev + George Brown | |
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George Brown + Eli Wallach | |
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Eh Wallach +Frank Sinatra | |
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Frank Sinatra + Dominick Dunne | |
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Dominick Dunne + Phil Spector | |
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Phil Spector + Leonard Cohen | |
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Leonard Cohen + Janis Joplin | |
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Janis Joplin + Patti Smith | |
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Patti Smith + Allen Ginsberg | |
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Allen Ginsberg + Francis Bacon | |
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Francis Bacon + HRH Princess Margaret | |
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HRH Princess Margaret + Kenneth Tynan | |
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Kenneth Tynan + Truman Capote | |
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Truman Capote + Peggy Lee | |
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Peggy Lee + President Richard M. Nixon | |
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President Richard M. Nixon + Elvis Presley | |
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Elvis Presley + Paul McCartney | |
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Paul McCartney + No�l Coward | |
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No�l Coward + Prince Felix Youssoupoff | |
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Prince Felix Youssoupoff + Grigori Rasputin | |
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Grigori Rasputin + Tsar Nicholas II | |
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Tsar Nicholas II + Harry Houdini | |
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Harry Houdini + President Theodore Roosevelt | |
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President Theodore Roosevelt + H.G. Wells | |
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H.G. Wells + Josef Stalin | |
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Josef Stalin + Maxim Gorky | |
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Maxim Gorky + Leo Tolstoy | |
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Leo Tolstoy + Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky | |
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Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky + Sergei Rachmaninoff | |
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Sergei Rachmaninoff + Harpo Marx | |
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Harpo Marx + George Bernard Shaw | |
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George Bernard Shaw + Bertrand Russell | |
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Bertrand Russell + Sarah Miles | |
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Sarah Miles + Terence Stamp | |
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Terence Stamp + Edward Heath | |
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Edward Heath + Walter Sickert | |
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Walter Sickert + Winston Churchill | |
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Winston Churchill + Laurence Olivier | |
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Laurence Olivier + J.D. Salinger | |
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J.D. Salinger + Ernest Hemingway | |
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Ernest Hemingway + Ford Madox Ford | |
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Ford Madox Ford + Oscar Wilde | |
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Oscar Wilde + Marcel Proust | |
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Marcel Proust + James Joyce | |
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James Joyce + Harold Nicolson | |
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Harold Nicolson + Cecil Beaton | |
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Cecil Beaton + Mick Jagger | |
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Mick Jagger + Tom Driberg | |
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Tom Driberg + Christopher Hitchens | |
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Christopher Hitchens + George Galloway | |
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George Galloway + Michael Barrymore | |
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Michael Barrymore + Diana, Princess of Wales | |
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Diana, Princess of Wales + Princess Grace | |
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Princess Grace + Alfred Hitchcock | |
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Alfred Hitchcock + Raymond Chandler | |
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Raymond Chandler + Howard Hawks | |
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Howard Hawks + Howard Hughes | |
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Howard Hughes + Cubby Broccoli | |
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Cubby Broccoli + George Lazenby | |
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George Lazenby + Simon Dee | |
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Simon Dee + Michael Ramsey | |
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Michael Ramsey + Geoffrey Fisher | |
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Geoffrey Fisher + Roald Dahl | |
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Roald Dahl + Kingsley Amis | |
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Kingsley Amis + Anthony Armstrong-Jones | |
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Lord Snowdon + Barry Humphries | |
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Barry Humphries + Salvador Dal� | |
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Salvador Dal� + Sigmund Freud | |
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Sigmund Freud + Gustav Mahler | |
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Gustav Mahler + Auguste Rodin | |
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Auguste Rodin + Isadora Duncan | |
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Isadora Duncan + Jean Cocteau | |
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Jean Cocteau + Charlie Chaplin | |
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Charlie Chaplin + Groucho Marx | |
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Groucho Marx + T.S. Eliot | |
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T.S. Eliot + Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | |
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother + The Duchess of Windsor | |
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The Duchess of Windsor + Adolf Hitler | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Bibliography | |