Evelyn Waugh based “Brideshead Revisited” on family friends, the Lygons, children of Lord Beauchamp — a man who was driven into exile from his stately home (and country) by his Catholic wife for a series of dalliances with his butler, valet, etc. — but his children stayed forever true.
We’re about an hour into Pippa Rathborne’s narration of “It’s in His Kiss” by Vickie Lester, but get caught up, because in a few more chapters you’ll begin to glean exactly who (in all of Hollywood) I’m talking about…
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