The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as 'a stone cold comic classic', following the irrepressible Lottie's adventures in 1950s London
Charlotte Bingham wrote her first book, Coronet Among the Weeds,
a memoir of her life as a debutante, at the age of 19. It was
published in 1963 and became an instant bestseller. Her father,
John Bingham, the 7th Baron Clanmorris, was a member of M15 where
Charlotte Bingham worked as a secretary. He was an inspiration for
John le Carré's character George Smiley.
Charlotte Bingham went on to write thirty-three internationally
bestselling novels and, in partnership with her late husband
Terence Brady, a number of successful, plays, films and TV series
including Upstairs Downstairsand Take Three Girls. She lives in
Somerset.
charlottebingham.com
The great joy of Bingham’s prose is its youthful insouciance. She
writes like a teenager, but an exceptionally observant one
*Spectator*
Enormous fun ... Dazzling
*Sunday Express*
Wickedly funny
*Country Life*
Flamboyance is the keynote… I loved it
*Daily Mail, Book of the Week*
She has a keen eye … Bingham concentrates on amusing asides and
scraps of dialogue, and the jokes carry the story blithely along …
Its self-deprecatory portrait of a girl adrift is engaging, and it
captures well the chance encounters that are often part of growing
up
*Times Literary Supplement*
Praise for MI5 and Me: 'Astonishing ... She still has all the
exuberant delight of a teenager in telling stories to make herself
and other people laugh. Long may she write
*Sunday Times*
The sort of light, frothy book that makes your laugh out loud on
public transport
*Daily Mail, Books of the Summer 2018*
Hilarious and candid … Filled with period detail, Bingham’s memoir
is entertaining and extraordinary
*Observer*
A fun and breezy read
*Observer, Best summer books 2018*
A Jilly Cooper heroine in a John le Carré world
*Times Literary Supplement*
A stone-cold comic classic … Joyfully silly
*Tatler*
Sparky and larky
*Guardian*
Much fun it is … Brilliant, sly, charming and flighty
*Spectator*
One funny story follows another … You will be sure to find this
book a most entertaining and enjoyable read
*Country Life*
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