When Napoleon, exiled on St helena, said of a British officer who had featured in his career 'That man made me miss my destiny', he was referring not to Nelson or Wellington, but to Sidney Smith. . . Tom Pocock's biography does justice to a gifted and colourful personality , who - with a little more sense and luck - might have achieved a large place in our national folklore. . . A most lively and
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