Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Outrageous Englishwoman and Her Lost Kingdon - Hardcover

Philip Eade has written for the Daily Telegraph.

"An enthralling study of an extraordinary woman." —Joanna Lumley

"Percipient, sympathetic, amusing . . . Those with an interest in the adventures of British eccentrics during the last decades of the Empire will have their knowledge agreeably enriched: and those who have never heard of Sylvia Brooke are in for a treat."  —Michael Holroyd

"Juicily entertaining . . . an exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice."  —Mail on Sunday

"Biting biography . . . draws on family archives to tell the full, jawdropping story of a family more than usually mischevious and dysfunctional."  —The Times

"Eminently readable, with a detective's pertinacity at finding the clues to forgotten secrets and a raconteur's gift for sustaining his narrative interest."  —Sunday Telegraph

"A thorough, fascinating and rather giddying book . . . most sensational" —Sunday Times

"Eade has uncovered a mine of marvellous material and handles it all with consummate wit and style . . . a dazzling debut . . . the perfect summer holiday read"  —Country Life

"A scrupulous researcher . . . his prose is clear and his style pleasing: he writes with panache."  —Daily Telegraph