Sublime

To Nathan Rothschild, Disraeli had been a champion of the Jewish race and indeed a remarkable friend to his own family, risking his career by supporting the right of Jews to sit in the House of Commons. Paradoxically, Disraeli had based his argument not on the liberal case for tolerance and equality but on the bolder, more controversial claim that

A big thank-you to my agent, Ben Clark at the Soho Agency. He has been a great friend and indispensable in helping to develop the idea for this book, capably helping me to navigate the world of publishing, reading my work, and talking through my ideas. I can’t imagine a better agent.

North had worked for the arms-length, extra-judicial, extra-governmental agency known as the Board for four years. He was going to die young – the bullet guaranteed it. He told them he wanted to do something useful with the time he had left. And they took him at his word.