The Dandy: Peacock or Enigma?
"Do we need another book about dandies? Having read 'The Dandy, Peacock or Enigma?', I think we do, or at least did. Although there have been countless books about dandies...not one of them is comprehensive enough to cover all the relevant historical periods...while also giving serious thought to the philosophical side of dandyism. This one does just that...If one wishes only to have a pair of tomes on dandyism in one's library, one of them should be Barbey D'Aurevilly's 'Du Dandyisme et de George Brummell; the other should be this one." - Gustav Temple, The Chap Magazine  "A lively account of the dandy and his career...The elusive spirit of the dandy is netted here in a deft but fair account." - Alexandra Henton, The Field; "One of the best titles released on the subject."  -  Dandyism.net; "[An] absorbing book" - Roger Lewis, Daily Mail