Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.

"Autobiography of the very finest quality...In the course of reading it I had the loudest and longest laughs I have enjoyed in the last two years. I found the book enchanting from cover to cover." - Compton McKenzie, Daily Mail; "Not only witty and amusing, but contain things to ponder over in plenty behind the mere youthful years." - Richard King, Tatler"

Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.

"Autobiography of the very finest quality...In the course of reading it I had the loudest and longest laughs I have enjoyed in the last two years. I found the book enchanting from cover to cover." - Compton McKenzie, Daily Mail; "Not only witty and amusing, but contain things to ponder over in plenty behind the mere youthful years." - Richard King, Tatler"

Lord Berners (1883-1950) was a composer, novelist, painter, memoirist, conspicuous aesthete and the real life character on whom Nancy Mitford based Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love. This versatile peer has been called the English Satie. His ballets have been choreographed by Balanchine and Ashton.

"Autobiography of the very finest quality...In the course of reading it I had the loudest and longest laughs I have enjoyed in the last two years. I found the book enchanting from cover to cover." - Compton McKenzie, Daily Mail; "Not only witty and amusing, but contain things to ponder over in plenty behind the mere youthful years." - Richard King, Tatler"