Publisher's Synopsis
His public image is that of an indulgent, eccentric, hedonistic, sexual libertine. This book shows that he is all that but he is also a prolific writer, artist, thinker... yet, he has consciously lived his life according to his principle rather than those of his age or kind. Born to a life of privilege, having inherited one of the oldest titles, a fortune and a stately home, he has flouted all the obligatory sexual, social, political conventions in a multitude of ways.
