Delivers 101 fascinating, true encounters between the rich and famous.

Originally published under title: One on one. London : Fourth Estate, 2011.

Adolf Hitler + John Scott-Ellis -- John Scott-Ellis + Rudyard Kipling -- Rudyard Kipling + Mark Twain -- Mark Twain + Helen Keller -- Helen Keller + Martha Graham -- Martha Graham + Madonna -- Madonna + Michael Jackson -- Michael Jackson + Nancy Reagan -- Nancy Reagan + Andy Warhol -- Andy Warhol + Jackie Kennedy -- Jackie Kennedy + HM Queen Elizabeth II -- HM Queen Elizabeth II + The Duke of Windsor -- The Duke of Windsor + Elizabeth Taylor -- Elilzabeth Taylor + James Dean -- James Dean + Alec Guinness -- Alec Guinness + Evelyn Waugh -- Evelyn Waugh + Igor Stravinsky -- Igor Stravinsky + Walt Disney -- Walt Disney + P.L. Travers -- P.L. Travers + George Ivanovich Gurdjieff -- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff + Frank Lloyd Wright -- Frank Lloyd Wright + Marilyn Monroe -- Marilyn Monroe + Nikita Khrushchev -- Nikita Khrushchev + George Brown -- George Brown + Eli Wallach -- Eli Wallach + Frank Sinatra -- Frank Sinatra + Dominick Dunne -- Dominick Dunne + Phil Spector -- Phil Spector + Leonard Cohen -- Leonard Cohen + Janis Joplin -- Janis Joplin + Patti Smith -- Patti Smith + Allen Ginsberg -- Allen Ginsberg + Francis Bacon -- Francis Bacon + HRH Princess Margaret -- HRH Princess Margaret + Kenneth Tynan -- Kenneth Tynan + Truman Capote -- Truman Capote + Peggy Lee -- Peggy Lee + President Richard M. Nixon -- President Richard M. Nixon + Elvis Presley -- Elvis Presley + Paul McCartney -- Paul McCartney + Noël Coward -- Noël Coward + Prince Felix Youssoupoff -- Prince Felix Youssoupoff + Grigori Rasputin -- Grigori Rasputin + Tsar Nicholas II -- Tsar Nicholas II + Harry Houdini -- Harry Houdini + President Theodore Roosevelt -- President Theodore Roosevelt + H.G. Wells -- H.G. Wells + Josef Stalin -- Josef Stalin + Maxim Gorky -- Maxim Gorky + Leo Tolstoy -- Leo Tolstoy + Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky -- Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky + Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Sergei Rachmaninoff + Harpo Marx -- Harpo Marx + George Bernard Shaw -- George Bernard Shaw + Bertrand Russell -- Bertrand Russell + Sarah Miles -- Sarah Miles + Terence Stamp -- Terence Stamp + Edward Heath -- Edward Heath + Walter Sickert -- Walter Sickert + Winston Churchill -- Winston Churchill + Laurence Olivier -- Laurence Olivier + J.D. Salinger -- J.D. Salinger + Ernest Hemingway -- Ernest Hemingway + Ford Madox Ford -- Ford Madox Ford + Oscar Wilde -- Oscar Wilde + Marcel Proust -- Marcel Proust + James Joyce -- James Joyce + Harold Nicolson -- Harold Nicolson + Cecil Beaton -- Cecil Beaton + Mick Jagger -- Mick Jagger + Tom Driberg -- Tom Driberg + Christopher Hitchens -- Christopher Hitchens + George Galloway -- George Galloway + Michael Barrymore -- Michael Barrymore + Diana, Princess of Wales -- Diana, Princess of Wales + Princess Grace -- Princess Grace + Alfred Hitchcock -- Alfred Hitchcock + Raymond Chandler -- Raymond Chandler + Howard Hawks -- Howard Hawks + Howard Hughes -- Howard Hughes + Cubby Broccoli -- Cubby Broccoli + George Lazenby -- George Lazenby + Simon Dee -- Simon Dee + Michael Ramsey -- Michael Ramsey + Geoffrey Fisher -- Geoffrey Fisher + Roald Dahl -- Roald Dahl + Kingsley Amis -- Kingsley Amis + Anthony Armstrong-Jones -- Lord Snowdon + Barry Humphries -- Barry Humphries + Salvador Dalí -- Salvador Dalí + Sigmund Freud -- Sigmund Freud + Gustav Mahler -- Gustav Mahler + Auguste Rodin -- Auguste Rodin + Isadora Duncan -- Isadora Duncan + Jean Cocteau -- Jean Cocteau + Charlie Chaplin -- Charlie Chaplin + Groucho Marx -- Groucho Marx + T.S. Eliot -- T.S. Eliot + Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother -- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother + The Duchess of Windsor -- The Duchess of Windsor + Adolf Hitler.