A beautiful mind and a prime minister's ear

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: November 2, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

PROF: THE LIFE OF FREDERICK LINDEMANN Adrian Fort Jonathan Cape, GBP 18.99

PRIME ministerial reliance on unelected advisers is nothing new. Churchill had Frederick Lindemann, a scientific genius whose brusque manner, German origins and sheer power made him an object of suspicion and envy. A Machiavellian figure in the background of countless books about the war effort, he takes centre stage in Adrian Fort's intriguing biography.

His German father worked in England for Siemens and became a millionaire through a lucky investment. His mother was an heiress, so Frederick was born in 1886 to a ...

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