Until its destruction in 1975, the luxurious St George Hotel was the cosmopolitan centre of Beirut, a meeting place for spies, including Kim Philby, CIA men such as Miles Copeland, diplomats, journalists, politicians and oil sheikhs. The author examines the plots and counterplots, stretching over a quarter of a century, which were formulated at the hotel. Incidents which helped to shape Middle Eastern history are related, such as an attempt to overthrow King Hussein and the assassination of a Syrian president.
- ISBN10 0747502218
- ISBN13 9780747502210
- Publish Date 6 July 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English