Genial enough, not I wold say terribly informative although I did find his early life and wartime service engaging. I didn't know he had been a parliamentary candidate for the Liberals

This refers to readers digest version of the book ( )

When I lived in England Ludovic (who died in 2009) was a very prominent figure, in the more serious Broadcasting and Press world, a ‘public figure’ in his efforts to obtain justice for victims of the wrongly accused (or hung) and in liberal politics. In reading this autobiography I was fascinated by how nearly our paths had crossed, he was briefly stationed as a Naval officer (RNVR) in the Navy town I grew up in, served in several ships that my own naval father saw service in, attended some of the training courses I did in the ”Wavy-Navy” training ships on the London embankment and was the Liberian for a year at Ashridge College where later I was an Associate and Lecturer. In his extensive travels as a freelance international news producer (particularly in his delightful book Very Lovely People http://www.librarything.com/work/13168252) we seemed to have nearly met on several occasions. I have even been a guest in the “Club” of the title, one of the few that did not ‘blackball’ his membership for his successful forays in obtaining justice in for the victims of the British Law courts. So perhaps it is obvious that I would thoroughly enjoy this work.

However; his war service as a Naval officer and his subsequent return to university to complete his interrupted studies led Ludovic to become an outstanding author, playwright and television presenter and his life-long marriage to famous ballerina Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes) make this a wonderful ‘life’ that any reader should enjoy.