"This is the eleventh volume in the series "A Dance to the Music of Time." In this penultimate volume, Temporary Kings (1973), Nick and his contemporaries are at the height of their various careers in the arts, business, and politics. X. Trapnel is dead, but his mystery continues to draw ghoulish interest from readers and academics alike--as well as from his lover, Pamela Widmerpool. Kenneth Widmerpool, meanwhile, is an MP with mysterious connections beyond the newly dropped Iron Curtain, but he continues to be tormented by Pamela; a spectacular explosion, Nick can't help but realize, is imminent. --Amazon.com."
"Avant-dernier tome de "La ronde de la musique du temps". Nous retrouvons Nick, le narrateur, pendant la Biennale de Venise. Pamela, allongée sur le dos dans un palazzo, contemple Candaule et Gygès de Tiepolo. Après avoir entendu l'histoire se rapportant à cette peinture, Pamela va jouer le rôle de la reine avant de disparaître à Londres dans des conditions mystérieuses..."