In Tearing Haste

'Packed with gossip, creaky jokes and gadding about...all but the most inverted of snobs will enjoy a cheery time in these pages' * The Independent, Christopher Hirst *
'Highly engaging exchanges of mutual joie de vivre' * The Times *
'Altogether delicious . . . Charlotte Mosley's editing of these letters is erudite, mischievous and unflawed' * Sunday Telegraph *
'Part of the charm of this impeccably edited correspondence is a sense of the lacrimae rerum, of a vanished world of high romance' * Daily Telegraph *
'This marvellous correspondence celebrates two of the most important things in the world, courage and friendship' * Spectator *
'Sparkling' * The Times *
'An impressive array of personalities and dramas' * Good Book Guide *
'Captivating collection ... Deborah's life [is] brilliantly encapsulated -and parodied- in her more succinct letters ... their exchanges achieve the goal of all good correspondents: to bring out the best in one another' * Anglo Hellenic Review *
'Last autumn's literary non-fiction hit' * Bookseller *
'Highly entertaining . . . as full of fizz and conviviality as a glass of champagne' * Metro *
'The effect is intensely touching' * The London Review of Books *
'Age never withers the mischievous, bantering pleasure of these letters' * Observer Review *
'Bursting with wit and conviviality' * The Observer *
'Highly engaging exchanges of mutual joie de vivre' * The Times *
'Highly entertaining...as full of fizz and conviviality as a glass of champagne' * Metro *
'Last autumn's literary non-fiction hit' * Bookseller *
'The effect is intensely touching,' * The London Review of Books *
'Age never withers the mischievous, bantering pleasure of these letters,' * Observer Review *
'Celebrates everything positive about life and friendship' * Independent on Sunday *
'A feast for reading... An enchanting book' * Irish Examiner *