Lawrence was a brilliant propagandist, rhetorician and manipulator, who deliberately turned his life into a conundrum. But who was the real man behind the masks? This work set out to solve this riddle and discovers a hero whose greatness owed as much to his weaknesses as to his strengths.

Account of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict

An astonishing and timely account of 50 years of bloodshed and tragedy in the Middle East from one of our finest and most revered journalists.

Grand, sweeping, gripping narrative history at its best: an anecdotal, character-driven account of the race for empire in Asia that supersedes Peter Hopkirk's classic THE GREAT GAME

A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author

The author evokes Wainewright the poisoner's double life in a biography that takes the form of a confession. He strips away the layers of legend and restores Wainewright to his own voice, capturing his energy, charm, callousness, wit and wantoness.