his daughter Isabelle Daudy and published in 1991. Unlike the French commentariat, however, the response from British critics to the book was lukewarm, with several reviews noting Daudy's fondness for cliché and his indifference to the experiences of ordinary people. One lacerating rebuttal came from The Economist, which criticised the author's supposedly affectionate insights as amounting to little more than a catalogue of perceived British inadequacies, noting acerbically that this may be why "the book has been immensely popular in France." Only occasionally did a supportive counter-analysis surface, such as that of the American academic Jim Obelkevich, who wrote in the journal Contemporary British History that "on every page [Daudy] takes some familiar British attitude or institution and throws fresh light on it." Other activities Daudy began his own publishing house and co-founded the leading French literary prize now known as the Prix Décembre. He served as Vice-President of the Royaumont Foundation (based at Royaumont Abbey) and also made his own Armagnac. Along with the Hon. Robin Johnstone, Daudy was a founding Honorary Secretary of the Franco-British Council in 1972. He was awarded the MBE for his services to Anglo-French relations. Family Daudy married first Janine Sommer (marriage dissolved), by whom he had two daughters, Martine and Florence, who both live and work in Paris. He married secondly Barbara Guidotti (marriage dissolved), by whom he had one daughter, Isabelle, a writer and psychologist based in Toulouse (and married to the economist Professor Paul Seabright of the University of Toulouse). On his death in Beijing on 12 March 1994, Daudy was survived by his third wife, Marie-Christine Goüin (daughter of the philanthropists Henri and Isabel Goüin and a great-great-granddaughter of the 19th century French civil engineer, Ernest Goüin). By her he had a son Clément (married to the British artist Kate Daudy), an economist, and a daughter, Mathilde, a singer and documentary-maker (married to musicologist Marcel Pérès). The family continue to live at Royaumont Abbey. References 1925 births 1994 deaths Writers from Paris École pratique des hautes études alumni French Resistance members 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French essayists 20th-century French novelists Members of the Order of the British Empire French crime fiction writers Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)