Born in Alexandria, Egypt, population 5.2million, Gilbert de Botton's mother, Yolande Harmer, was a journalist and Israeli intelligence officer who died in 1959, and his father was an oil company representative whom he saw little of.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, population 5.2million, Gilbert de Botton's mother, Yolande Harmer, was a journalist and Israeli intelligence officer who died in 1959, and his father was an oil company representative whom he saw little of.