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Charlotte Bingham wrote her first book, Coronet Among the Weeds, a memoir of her life as a debutante, at the age of 19. It was published in 1963 and became an instant bestseller. Her father, John Bingham, the 7th Baron Clanmorris, was a member of MI5 where Charlotte Bingham worked as a secretary. He was an inspiration for John le Carré's character George Smiley. Charlotte Bingham went on to write thirty-three internationally bestselling novels and the memoir MI5 and Me. In partnership with her late husband Terence Brady, she wrote a number of successful, plays, films and TV series including Upstairs Downstairs and Take Three Girls. She lives in Somerset. charlottebingham.com
The great joy of Bingham's prose is its youthful insouciance. She writes like a teenager, but an exceptionally observant one -- Lynn Barber * Spectator * Enormous fun ... Dazzling * Sunday Express * Wickedly funny * Country Life * Flamboyance is the keynote... I loved it * Daily Mail, Book of the Week * Praise for MI5 and Me: 'Astonishing ... She still has all the exuberant delight of a teenager in telling stories to make herself and other people laugh. Long may she write -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times * The sort of light, frothy book that makes your laugh out loud on public transport * Daily Mail, Books of the Summer 2018 * Hilarious and candid ... Filled with period detail, Bingham's memoir is entertaining and extraordinary -- Hannah Beckerman * Observer * A fun and breezy read * Observer, Best summer books 2018 * A Jilly Cooper heroine in a John le Carre world -- Libby Purves * Times Literary Supplement * A stone-cold comic classic ... Joyfully silly * Tatler * Sparky and larky -- Lucy Hughes-Hallett * Guardian * Much fun it is ... Brilliant, sly, charming and flighty * Spectator * One funny story follows another ... You will be sure to find this book a most entertaining and enjoyable read * Country Life *
