This is an account of life, attitudes and events in Cairo during World War II. It describes the historical background of the events of the Desert War, as well as stories and descriptions of personalities gleaned from the Ambassador's diaries and those of her grandparents, Duff and Diana Cooper.
The authorized biography shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year, the National Book Awards and the Costa Biography Award
This stunning historical account of the most stimulating period in 20th Century French history examines an epoch charged with powerful and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges.
Mehr als nur ein Tanz
