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Born in 1961, Frank Gardner is the BBC's full-time Security Correspondent. A fluent Arabist, with a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, he was previously the BBC's Middle East Correspondent. He has written for the Economist, Daily Telegraph and The Best of Sunday Times Travel Writing. His first book was the bestselling Blood & Sand. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, and the prestigious El Mundo Prize for International Journalism, Frank Gardner is married with two children and lives in London.
His terrific new book...absorbing, amusing... some hair-raisingly brave travelling * SCOTSMAN magazine * His adventures fly off the page in an entertaining and often charmingly self-deprecating manner * NEWS OF THE WORLD * An inspiration...to its readers, able-bodied and disabled alike * OBSERVER * A bold, life-affirming read * GQ * Gardner is a good storyteller...an acute observer, a culturally sensitive interlocutor and a genuinely open-minded traveller...his stories are always revealing, often riotous and sometimes moving * TIME OUT 'Book of the Week' *
