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From world chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, A brilliant marriage of fact and fiction

Our Man In Kuwait is based around real events. Louise Burfitt-Dons was born and grew up in a country threatened with invasion by Iraq at any time. Her father was Preventative Health Officer for the Kuwait Oil Company. At the end of 1960 Ian Fleming visited the country and they became close friends.

Kuwait 1960. With Soviet backing Iraq plans to invade.

Gordon Carlisle lives in the expat community of Ahmadi with little to worry about other than when to next don his dinner jacket.

When enlisted by an MI6 agent everything changes.

Even marriage to his beautiful new wife Anita breaks down as he becomes a suspect in a chain of deaths in the Protectorate.

Ian Flemings time in Kuwait is recorded at first hand as Britain prepares to meet the Iraqi forces head on with Operation Vantage.

Our Man In Kuwait is a colonial-era thriller set against the background of big power conflict. The ultimate timepiece tinderbox of sun, sex and spies.

Author: Louise Burfitt-Dons
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: New Century Digibooks
Published: 11/20/2022
Pages: 334
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781916449190
Language: English