My Dear Hugh: Letters from Richard Cobb to Hugh Trevor-Roper and Others
This wonderfully indiscreet correspondance contains some treasurable passages. -- Robert McCrum Observer Perhaps because I was a don at Oxford for many years, I found this collection of miscellaneous gossip utterly compelling. -- Vernon Bogdanor New Statesman Gloriously entertaining, a firework show of comic details popping off the page in Cobb's characteristic underlinings and capital letters. Sunday Telegraph His letters are a treat and an insight into the workings of a brilliant mind. Good Book Guide A rich feast for anyone who appreciates academic life with all its great virtues and great absurdities. Salisbury Review