For one, he was fantastically economical with the truth, lying, along with his brother, of their wealth and origins to secure the Harrods takeover. It was an instinct that also came into play when he ...
This period is often called the ‘Phoney War’. The German tactic of Blitzkrieg, using air power, armoured tanks and a combination of brute force, speed and surprise was extremely difficult to ...
They were the phoney peacemakers, the wolves in sheep’s clothing holding an olive branch in one hand and a grenade in the other, giving genuine bridge builders a bad name. Willie Frazer was one ...