About the Author

As Philip Sassoon was, Damian Collins is the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe. Damian read modern history at the University of Oxford and has served as a parliamentary private secretary in the coalition government. His business career before politics was at the M&C Saatchi advertising agency, and he is a co-founder of the Conservative Arts and Creative Industries Network.

Reviews

‘Enlivened with a rich crop of anecdotes … Sassoon emerges as a delicate, almost fairytale figure … as a supreme networker, a dedicated politician and a lover of beautiful things’ The Times ‘Damian Collins has written the first history of Sassoon’s life, offering an extraordinary insight into a colourful, quintessential aristocrat’ Vanity Fair ‘Sassoon’s legacy was like a rare scent on a pocket handkerchief. Damian Collins has done a good job in assembling the pieces to create a readable and lively picture of this extravagant creature’ Literary Review ‘Sir Phillip Sassoon was an extraordinary man, whose life vividly illustrates how politics changed’ New Statesman ‘Damian Collins rehearses the party life of his subject, but it’s the political life that fascinates him’ Country Life