Thompson: Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies [2021] hardback ZFTRA It can be arduous

It can be arduous

But Onye is not the average Ewu

that a woman once existed

and from theories of dance to concepts of national identity

under fire and full of the insight that has made him one of Britain's foremost writers on geopolitics

Thompson: Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies [2021] hardback ZFTRA It can be arduousHeiresses is a glorious book, endlessly entertaining and about much more than its stated subject. Thompson is a fabulous writer' Caroline O'Donoghue 'Witty, insightful, deliciously gossip laden and slightly scandalous Heiresses makes for an entertaining, occasionally sad and never less than gripping read' Anne Sebba 'Excellent [A] wonderfully entertaining book' Sunday Times 'Exquisite and gossipy Thompson, a gifted storyteller, obviously delighted in