When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer
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Freya Stark was witness to the rise & fall of the British involvement in the country as well as the early years of independence. Painting a portrait of both the political & social preoccupations of the day as exquisitely as she does the people & landscapes of Iraq, this is a remarkable portrait of the country as it once was.