Mountolive
Publisher: Pocket
Published: September 3, 1978
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780671824600
Subjects: Non-Classifiable; Nonfiction - General
First sentence: As a junior of exceptional promise, he had been sent to Egypt for a year in order to improve his Arabic and found himself attached to the High Commission as a sort of scribe to await his first diplomatic posting; but he was already conducting himself as a young secretary of legation, fully aware of the responsibilities of future office.