About the Author

James Barr is the author of Setting the Desert on Fire. During the research for A Line in the Sand he was a Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He lives in London.

Reviews

"An outstanding, revealing, and disturbing glimpse behind the closed doors of power politics."
*Booklist*

"Lively and entertaining. . . . [Barr] has thrown some light on hitherto unexplored corners."
*Financial Times*

"Starred review. Barr’s extensive archival research, evocative historical vignettes, and a superb sense of narrative pacing produce a first-rate work."
*Publishers Weekly*

"Combines the narrative pace of a spy novel with meticulous archival research."
*Eugene Rogan, author of The Arabs: A History*