Meet the man behind some of the world s most spectacular private libraries
A bespoke library is the ultimate status symbol on Billionaires’ Row - and when is comes to curating one, there is a single name to know
Assouline at his home in Paris
Credit: Arthur Delloye
In the Golden Age of Zoom, bookshelves have become an opportunity to flaunt your taste. After all, books are a window into who you are, or aspire to be, and during the pandemic people s choices have been intensely scrutinised. Michael Gove s historical bookshelf raised eyebrows when
The War Path, by Holocaust denier David Irving, was spotted on it.