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Andrew Lycett was educated at Charterhouse and went on to read modern history at Christ Church, Oxford. As a foreign reporter he specialised in Africa and the Middle East. A full-time author since the early 1990s, he has written a number of highly acclaimed biographies and lives in North London.
This is an exemplary biography, beautifully written, fast-paced and extremely perceptive - Sunday Telegraph A fascinating historical work - Sunday Express This is a revealing biography of a man who lived life in the fast lane - Good Book Guide As good as any Bond novel, it proves that facts can be equally as fascinating as any fiction - Sunday Mercury This excellent book ... is a moral tale of worldly success not bringing happiness and it is ably told ... the supporting cast is terrific - Daily Mail An impressive book, painstakingly researched and thoroughly convincing - Independent
