By-elections allow the scheming and ambitious to exploit Parliament as a public convenience. Andy Burnham is standing in ...

THE HERETIC (436 pp.)—Fitzroy Maclean—Harper ($5.95). When Tito and his partisans were fighting for their lives against the encircling Germans in the hills of Bosnia, they radioed urgent appeals for ...

A rare collection of James Bond novels owned by the man thought to have inspired the spy character was auctioned for more than £30,000 today. The full set of Ian Fleming's 007 books came from the ...

Veronica Lady Maclean of Dunconnel, who died on Friday aged 84, was the widow of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Bt, on whom Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond, and led a glamorous and adventurous life ...

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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Veronica Lady Maclean of Dunconnel, Highland aristocrat, 1920-2005 Veronica Lady Maclean of ...

1. Fitzroy Maclean was brought up in Italy, educated at Eton and Cambridge, served in the diplomatic service in Paris, then was posted to the British embassy in Moscow. With the advent of World War II ...