Nevertheless, this is very far from being a work of hagiography. Muggeridge got Rothschild right, and Kenneth Rose has the wisdom to quote his sketch in full: "Somewhere between White's Club and the Ark of the Covenant, between the Old and the New Testament, between the Kremlin and the House of Lords he has lost his way . . . This Socialist millionaire, this Rabbinical sceptic, this epicurean ascetic, this Wise Man . . . had followed the wrong star and found his way to the wrong manger - one complete with chef, central heating and a lift."