Table of Contents
Prologue: Kicking the Surf ix
1 Rose and Joe 1
2 A Beautiful and Enchanting Child 8
3 Forbidden Fruit 16
4 Hyannis Port 21
5 Bronxville 26
6 Convent Girl 30
7 Muckers and Trouble 36
8 Mademoiselle Pourquoi 43
9 Gstaad and Italy 49
10 Travels with my Mother: Russia and England 59
11 Politics and Europe Revisited 66
12 The Ambassador 73
13 At the Court of St James's 76
14 'I Get a Kick Out of You' 80
15 The Debutante 85
16 Lords a-Leaping 90
17 'A Merry Girl' 95
18 Billy 99
19 The Riviera 103
20 Peace for our Time 109
21 Chatsworth 113
22 St Moritz and Rome 120
23 The Gathering Storm 126
24 The Last Hurrah 130
25 'This Country is at War with Germany' 136
26 The Personality Kids 141
27 Operation Ariel 144
28 The Fourth Hostage 149
29 Billy and Sally 153
30 Kick the Reporter 157
31 Lobotomy 163
32 Scandal 170
33 'Did You Happen to See…' 175
34 Red Cross Worker of World War II 181
35 Coffee and Doughnuts 187
36 Sister Kick 191
37 Girl on a Bicycle 197
38 Parties and Prayers 201
39 Rosemary Tonks 208
40 Agnes and Hartie 213
41 Telegrams and Anger 218
42 'I Love You More Than Anything in the World' 226
43 The Marchioness of Harrington 231
44 Operation Aphrodite 235
45 Billy the Hero 243
46 'Life is So Cruel' 251
47 The Widow Hartington 261
48 Politics or Passion? 268
49 Joy She Gave Joy She Has Found 276
Epilogue 285
Acknowledgements 289
Sources 293
Notes 297
Picture Credits 327
Index 329