Shades of Greene

"In the early years of the last century, two brothers, Charles and Edward Greene, settled in Berkhamsted, a small country town thirty miles from London. There they were to found a remarkable dynasty - fathering twelve children between then - each of whom were to lead varied, well-documented and extraordinary lives. This book explores for the first time this generation of the Greene family in colorful detail - their relationships and shared history, and their lives - as explorers, writers, doctors, spies, politicians and much more ... Interlacing biography, history, high adventure and scenes from literary life, "Shades of Greene" provides a riveting insight into the self-confident, enterprising, upper middle-class English world that flourished between the 1920s and the 1970s: and into a truly remarkable tribe."--Publisher description.