I Invented The Historical Spy Novel.

I Write What I Call 'novels Of Consolation' For People Who Are Bright And Sophisticated.

The Printing Presses Of The State Treasuries Cranked Out Reams Of Paper Currency- Showing Wise Kinds And Blissful Martyrs- While Bankers Wept And Peasants Starved.

I Expect That My Readers Have Been To Europe, I Expect Them To Have Some Feeling For A Foreign Language, I Expect Them To Have Read Books - There Are A Lot Of People Like That! That's My Audience.

The Best Paris I Know Now Is In My Head.

Whether You Like It Or Not, Paris Is The Beating Heart Of Western Civilisation. It's Where It All Began And Ended.