An authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service.
Born in 1948, Sergio Vieira de Mello died in a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003 as the battle lines in the twenty first-century's first great polarizing struggle were being drawn. This biography presents a story of this brave and enigmatic man who never stopped learning. It reveals his legacy of pragmatism and humanity.