Sprightly espionage treat: disgraced former MI6 operative is brought in to track Agent Dante, a mole in the highest echelons of her organisation with access to the PM.
A biography of the Swiss tennis divinity, champion of sweetie-coloured blazers, master of self-possession, likened by fellow tennis players to Michelangelo for his skill.
Born in 1916 to a noble St Petersburg family, he fled Russia with his parents and arrived in England with next to nothing. By the time he was 20 he had scored the winning try in England's fi... read more