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NEWPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
Baltimore Sun
Le Boulevardier
The Bystander
Chicago Tribune
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Sketch
East African Standard
L’Echo de Paris
The New York Times
News of the World
Paris-Soir
The People
Le Petit Parisien
Reynolds Illustrated News
The Star
Sunday Express
Sunday Pictorial
The Tatler
The Telegraph
The Times
Acknowledgments
DAVE ALLEN, an exceptional bush pilot with superb navigational and flying skills. For discovering Wanjohi Farm from the air and then delivering me there.
FRÉDÉRIC ARMAND-DELILLE, son of Nolwen de Janzé and the owner of Château de Parfondeval. For his hospitality at his country house in Normandy, for allowing me to inspect the family photograph albums in the Plum Room, and for the loan of two photographs of Alice on display in his main sitting room at Parfondeval.
ALICE BOYLE, daughter of Dr. William Boyle—Alice de Janzé’s doctor in the last years of her life—and the key witness regarding the letter of confession left at Alice’s bedside on her death. For her constant friendship and help on the story of Alice de Janzé.
RICHARD BRITTEN-LONG. For all his help with photographs of Paula Gellibrand and Augustus John.
DAME BARBARA CARTLAND. For her correspondence and supply of “Firsts,” as well as the details she provided about the Embassy Club and who went there on Thursday evenings.
JULIET CASSIDY. For six years of continual research and help on rewrites, and for her visits to Paris, Normandy, and particularly Chicago, where she would discover details about Alice’s early life. She is a meticulous researcher and scribe, but perhaps her greatest asset apart from her academic prowess is her splendid personality.
CAUSEWAY RESOURCES. For providing numerous press cuttings.
EVE CHARLES, a very talented editor. For her mastery of the English written word and deep understanding of the subject, and for giving a high polish to the story I had crafted.
PATSY CHILTON, former wife of Dr. Roger Bowles. For detailed written notes about her meetings with Alice at the Muthaiga Club, Nairobi, in 1939.
PAOLA CIECHANOWSKI, Alice’s younger daughter. For our friendly meetings in Londinières and endless chats, for the memories she provided of her mother, and for our correspondence over five years.
SIR TOBY CLARKE. For his introductions in Chicago.
DICK CROFTON. For his guidance regarding the military records of Dickie Pembroke and Raymund de Trafford (both Coldstream Guards officers).
TOM EATON-EVANS, husband of Noel Case. For providing help and acting as a liaison.
CAROL EDWARDS, copy editor, for her professionalism and brilliance. Her depth of capability and diligence was gratefully received.
SIR DEREK ERSKINE. For his continuous friendship since 1950 and for many insights into life in Kenya in 1930.
FRANCIS ERSKINE, Derek’s son. For his hospitality on our visit to the Wanjohi Valley.
PATRIZIA ERSKINE, Francis Erskine’s daughter-in-law. For being good enough to accompany me to Alice’s home in the Wanjohi Valley.
PETAL ERSKINE, Derek’s daughter. For her many memories of her father.
DR. PETER FENWICK, neuropsychiatrist. For his detailed comments on Alice’s probable mental state and his explanation of the difference between bipolar disorder and cyclothymia.
CAPT. GORDON FERGUSSON, the secretary of the Taporley Hunt Club and author of The Green Collars, a history of England’s oldest hunt club. Gordon included an addendum in an edition of The Green Collars about Alice’s confession to the shooting of Joss Erroll. He also recommended that I seek out Barbara Cartland about the Embassy Club.
ANGÉLIQUE FIEDLER, Alice’s granddaughter. For her heartfelt and protective interest in the de Janzé name, and for making letters from her mother, Nolwen, and Alice available to me.
CHRISTY FLETCHER, my literary agent. For her superlative precision and competence in bringing the Alice story to its completion.
GRAINNE FOX, also my literary agent, for her talents in dealing with people and her excellence in the field of publishing.
WILLIAM GACHANJA. For tracing the location of settlers’ farms in the Wanjohi Valley.
MADAME GENÈVIEVE FRANÇOIS-PONCET, a great friend of Frédéric Armand-Delille’s father. For her help in arranging for me to meet Frédéric.
MICHAEL HARLEY. For acting as a liaison in Kenya.
AIDAN HARTLEY, author of The Zanzibar Chest (2003). For his counsel and well-chosen introduction to Emma Parry, and with thanks to Claire, Aidan’s wife, for her apt and perceptive comments.
DOREEN HARTLEY, mother-in-law of the current owner of Giraffe Manor, formerly owned by the Leslie-Melvilles. For making me aware of The Giraffe Lady, by Betty Leslie-Melville, with its revelation of Alice’s possible culpability.
HARRY HARTSHORNE, JR., the grandson of Simeon Chapin. For his continual help, which resulted in my obtaining several unique early photographs taken in the United States, and for his welcoming hand on our visit to New York.
MARGARET HAYES, the widow of Charles Hayes, the author of Oserian. For kindly obtaining four reels of tape that record every issue of the publication Le Boulevardier. Her husband’s book, Oserian, covers a century of Kenya’s social history, including some details concerning Alice de Janzé.
DR. NOREENA HERTZ, author of The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy. For introducing me to Juliet Cassidy and for persuading me to write for two hours each day.
ROBIN HOLLISTER. For his insight into the making of Out of Africa and for his enlightened comments on the making of The Constant Gardener, a film set entirely in Kenya.
JOANNE GRADY HUSKEY, author, educator, and the wife of an American diplomat. For accompanying the author on his first visit to Alice’s house in the Wanjohi Valley.
SENIOR CHIEF WILLIAM KINUTHIA, a resident of the Wanjohi Valley, whose house is near Alice de Janzé’s former home there. For being kind enough to coordinate my visit.
ROBIN LONG. For his help and his many memories of his stepmother, Paula Gellibrand Long.
PATRICIA MCGUIGAN (NÉE SILVERTHORNE), Alice’s half sister. For her extensive help and her memories of Alice while in London.
LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU. For identifying and describing Mr. S
ilverthorne’s enormous Stoddard-Dayton motorcar.
CLARE NAYLOR, the vivacious and intelligent author of seven books. For her encouragement. It was her enthusiasm for the Alice story and her professionalism that led me to the world of writing.
MARTHA NYMAN. For discovering and bringing to my notice the sensational photograph of Alice in the Police Correctionnelle court in Paris.
FRANCES OSBORNE. For her friendship and cooperation while writing her second book, The Bolter, a biography of her great-grandmother Lady Idina Sackville, who married Joss Hay, the earl of Erroll.
EMMA PARRY. For being the most competent literary agent anyone could wish for. Inspirational, and clever in her dealings with neurotic authors.
HENRY PORTER, author of the novel Remembrance Day and onetime London editor of Vanity Fair. For listening to the Alice story and for encouraging me to make the Gare du Nord event one of the key chapters in this book.
P. J. RANSLEY. For enabling me to trace the original deed plan of Alice’s home in the Wanjohi Valley.
ARNOLD RAPHAEL. For listening early on and lending his support in my research. It was he who made me aware of the crime documentary by Rupert Furneaux.
GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMENT, Alice’s grandson. For providing me with detailed notes taken at the bedside of his mother, Paola, in Londinières, Normandy. These notes contained information about Alice and the de Janzé family. A very remarkable man, he has the finest collection of beetles (Coleoptera) in the world and speaks Aramaic (the language of Jesus Christ).
SIR SACHEVERELL RERESBY SITWELL. For supplying a brilliant photograph of Lizzie Lezard, who had been a friend of his mother’s and frequently stayed at her country home.
PENNY SMITH, a secretary who has labored mightily with six years of research correspondence and numerous drafts of the manuscript. For her aptitude and loyalty.
YANIV SOHA, Charles Spicer’s editorial assistant. For his dedicated help and first-class capability in the art of bringing a book to completion.
CHARLES SPICER, my editor at St. Martin’s Press. For all his help and perceptive understanding of this biography, for his enthusiasm and wit, and for his depth of knowledge about publishing.
SIR DERMOT DE TRAFFORD, Raymund de Trafford’s nephew. For the loan of his uncle’s personal photograph album compiled in Kenya in 1926, and for his help in describing Raymund’s life after the war.
ERROL TRZEBINSKI, a great and well-known writer, who has made Kenya a special subject of study. Her biography of Joss Erroll, The Life and Death of Lord Erroll: The Truth Behind the Happy Valley Murder (2000), has proved to be invaluable. For her enthusiasm about this project and for generously giving me both ideas and help.
RONNIE WARD, of Lake Forest, Illinois. For his liaison work in that part of the world.
DANIÈLE WATERPARK For being French, for taking me to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, for pulling up French newspaper coverage of the Gare du Nord event, and for providing instant translations. I am also grateful to her for introducing me to Frédéric Armand-Delille, the son of Nolwen de Janzé for inviting me to stay at her daughter Caroline Goulding’s house in Le Touquet and driving me to Normandy to visit the Château de Parfondeval and Paola in Londinières, and for introducing me to Angélique Fiedler, Alice’s granddaughter.
MICHAEL WATSON. For his enlightened comments about his cousin Dickie Pembroke.
RUPERT WATSON. For his research in Kenya.
THE HONORABLE VICKY WESTROP. For providing a family album showing pictures of Phyllis de Janzé (née Boyd) in later years.
Index
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Key to initials:
AJ = Alice de Janzé
DB = Diana Broughton
FJ = Frédéric de Janzé
HDB = Henry Delves Broughton
JH = Josslyn Hay
RT = Raymund de Trafford
Abyssinia
Africa, AJ’s first experience of
Ahmed (tailor in Nairobi)
Allen, Dave
Allen, William
annulment, Catholic
Aquitania
Arden, Elizabeth
aristocrats
Armand-Delille, Frédéric
Armand-Delille, Lionel
Armour, Alice. See May, Alice
Armour, J. Ogden
Armour, Mrs. J. Ogden
Armour, Lolita
Armour, Marietta (Mrs. Emery Chapin)
Armour, Philip Danforth
Armour family
genealogy of
Long Island house
Arnot fashion house, Paris
Australia
backgammon
Bagnold, Enid
Baker, Mary
Baring, Sir Godfrey
Baring, Helen “Poppy,”
Baring, Maurice
Baring, Poppy
Barrat, Mr.
Barrès, Maurice
baths and bathing
Beaton, Cecil
Beckett, Rupert
Bennett, Benjamin, Genius for the Defence
Besser, Adele von
Bird, James
blackwater fever
Bland, Dorothea (Mrs. Jordan, mistress of William IV)
Blixen, Karen
Blixen-Finecke, Baron von
Blue Goose bar (London)
Boulevardier
Bowles, Patsy (later Chilton)
Bowles, Roger
Boyd, Lady Lilian
Boyd, Phyllis (de Janzé)
Boyd, W. A. E
Boyle, Alice (later Fleet)
Boyle, Ethnie (née Byrne)
Boyle, Sir Joseph
Boyle, Dr. William
bright-light therapy
British Empire
British Union of Fascists
Broughton, Diana Delves (née Caldwell, later Colvile; Delamere)
AJ’s hatred of
claims she loves JH
at HDB’s trial
implausible suspect in JH murder
learns the news of JH’s death
visits Jock in prison
witness at HDB trial
Broughton, Sir Henry Delves (“Jock”) (1942) suicide of
acceptance of Diana’s affair with JH
accused and tried for murder of Lord Erroll
anonymous mocking letters to re wife’s affair
arrest of, for murder
author lives in the house of
begins divorce proceedings
guilty of the murder, according to some students of the case
hope to save his marriage with Diana
pact with Diana to let her go if she wished
physical disabilities of
pistols stolen from
in prison waiting trial
trial of. See next entry.
Broughton, Sir Henry Delves (“Jock”), trial of
cross-examination
defense of
“not guilty” verdict
reluctance of prosecutors to reopen the case
spectators at
summation of the defense
summation of the prosecution
Brown Windsor soup
Buck’s (London club)
Buffalo, N.Y.
Bulpett, Charles
Burkitt, Dr. R. W.
Buxton, Geoffrey
farm manager of
Byrne, Ethnie (later Boyle)
Byrne, Sir Joseph
Caillaux, Henriette
Caillaux, Joseph
Cannes
Capone, Al
Carberry, Juanita
Child of Happy Valley
Carberry, June
witness at HDB trial
Carrington, Dora
cars
Cartland, Barbara
&nb
sp; Casa Maury, Marquis de (“Bobby”)
Case, Noel (Mrs. Eaton-Evans)
Case, Vi
Case family
Casey, Father
Catholicism
AJ’s need for instruction in, to wed FJ
and marriage
Ceylon
Chamberlain, Neville
Chanel, Coco
Chapin, Elizabeth
Chapin, Emery David
Chapin, Juliabelle (first Mrs. William Silverthorne)
difficult marriage of
pneumonia death of
Chapin, Simeon B. (“Uncle Sim”)
Chapin family
Chicago
AJ returns to, for wedding
elite families of
nightclubs and organized crime in
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chilton, Patsy (Mrs. Roger Bowles)
Cholmondeley, Hugh (3rd Baron Delamere) (“D”)
Cholmondeley, Thomas Pitt Hamilton (4th Baron Delamere)
Churchill, Winston
Ciechanowski, Alexander
Ciechanowski, John
Clark, Alan
Clark, Kenneth
Clouds (Idina’s home)
Colosimo, James “Big Jim,”
Colt Company
Colville, Gilbert
Communists
Congo
Connolly, Cyril
Coptic Church
Cottell, Iris
crime passionnel
Crofton, Dick
Crofton, Flo
cyclothymia (bipolar disorder)