An East End theatre had a play called The Ruling Passion which included a hot-air balloon in which the heroine, an escaped lunatic and his keeper all were cast adrift from a model of the Crystal Palace, only to be caught in the Channel in a storm, from which they were rescued by a lifeboat.
But she had ambitions as a novelist, and produced four would-be blockbusters, Ruling Passions (1989), Dangerous Games (1991), The Magnate (1994) and The Prime Minister's Wife (2001), none of which was anything like a best-seller.
The Avignon Quintet consisting of Monsieur; or, The Prince of Darkness (1974), Livia; or, Buried Alive (1978), Constance; or, Solitary Practices (1982), Sebastian; or, Ruling Passions (1983), and Quinx; or, The Ripper's Tale (1985)—received mixed reviews.
Nevertheless, Driberg's incomplete memoir Ruling Passions, when published in June 1977, was a shock to the public and to some of his erstwhile associates, despite advance hints of the book's scandalous content.
How the new patriots can square their ruling passion with Britain's transparent inability to rule the waves is beyond me.
They are strong, and ruled by passion.
The new Asphodells record (1) is called Ruled By Passion Destroyed By Lust.
Chuck Close, who has been at Pace since 1977, said, "He's the dealer who is most ruled by passion.
Am I right to drag my son into a realm ruled by passion, not wisdom, a realm where I cannot control events as the hero-dad did?
The common people may be ruled by passion, but Peace finds that the courts of princes, who are supposed to be wiser than ordinary folk and in addition are the earthly representatives of the Prince of Peace, are more bellicose, motivated more by selfish ambition than by reason.
