A biography of the late, much-loved civil servant Jeremy Heywood, who died of lung cancer at the age of 56 in 2018. Written by his wife, with Jeremy's full involvement.

Suzanne Heywood was born in the UK but for most of her childhood sailed around the world with her family, with limited access to formal education. She came back to the UK aged 17 and won a place to study at Oxford University. After her PhD at Cambridge University, she joined McKinsey and Company where she became a senior partner. She is now a managing director of Exor and chair of CNH Industrial. She married Jeremy in 1997 and they have three children.