The Bolter (45 page)

16
. Correspondence between Errol Trzebinski and Anthea Venning, September 1997.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Pru de Winton.

19
. Correspondence between Errol Trzebinski and Anthea Venning, September 1997.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

CHAPTER
25

1
. Idina to a friend, who wishes to remain anonymous. Interview, Nairobi, June 2004.

2
. Interview with Molly Hoare, Surrey, U.K., 2004.

3
. Ibid. It is not clear whether this was a sexual relationship, but wartime affairs, when couples were separated for years at a stretch, were neither uncommon nor seen as particularly wrong. It was understood that the affair belonged only to that time and place and that both parties would return to their families.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Ibid.

6
. David Wallace to his wife, Pru. December 1943.

7
. Idina to Pru de Winton, 1944.

8
.
British Reports on Greece
, 1943–44 (Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1982).

9
. Ibid.

10
. Ranfurly, Hermione,
To War with Whitaker
(Arrow Books, London 1998), p. 205.

11
. Letters, David Wallace to Pru de Winton.

12
. Clipping in the author’s possession from the
Times
.

13
. Ibid.

14
.
Telephone interview with Ann McKay (née Soltau), July 2008.

15
. Ibid.

16
. The
Times
, 9 September 1944.

17
. Clipping in the author’s possession from
The Evening News
, London.

18
.
Eleftheria
, EDES (the Greek Democratic National Army) paper in Corfu, 1 November 1944.

19
. Pru de Winton.

20
. Aldridge, James,
The Sea Eagle
(Michael Joseph, London 1944).

21
. Idina to Pru de Winton, 31 May 1947.

22
. In her letter to Pru of 27 February 1945.

23
. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

24
. Source wishes to remain anonymous. Telephone interview, June 2007.

25
. Idina’s usual request for a drink at this time. Interview, Patsy Chilton, London, May 2004.

26
. Idina to Dinan Erroll, 12 August 1950.

27
. Idina, Avie, and Buck’s old governess.

28
. Idina to Dinan Erroll, 12 August 1950.

29
. Ibid.

30
. Ibid.

31
. Peregrine David Euan Moncrieffe was told that he had been named after Euan.

32
. He climbed into bed with the source, who wishes to remain anonymous. Interview, London, 2005.

33
. Source wishes to remain anonymous. Interview, London, 2004.

34
. Peregrine now has six children of his own, two of whom are named Euan and Idina.

35
. Errol Trzebinski, correspondence with author, 21 April 2004.

36
. Ibid.

37
. Huxley, Elspeth,
Nellie: Letters from Africa
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1973), p. 215.

38
. Mitford, Nancy,
The Pursuit of Love
(Penguin Books, London 1945), p. 192.

39
. The
Times
, 9 November 1955.

CHAPTER
26

1
. Idina to Dinan Erroll, August 1950.

2
. Idina’s letter to Pru de Winton in February 1945.

3
. Idina’s letter to Pru de Winton in September 1944.

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