Our Man In Kuwait: A tense historical spy thriller based on true events behind 1960s Cold War espionage in the Middle East

by Louise Burfitt-Dons

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From world chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon,  'A brilliant marriage of fact and fiction'


Kuwait 1960. With Soviet backing Iraq plans to invade.

Gordon Carlisle lives in the expat community of Ahmadi with little to worry about other than when to next don his dinner jacket.

When enlisted by an MI6 agent everything changes.

Even marriage to his beautiful new wife Anita breaks down as he becomes a suspect in a chain of deaths in the Protectorate.

Ian Fleming’s time in Kuwait is recorded at first hand as Britain prepares to meet the Iraqi forces head on with Operation Vantage.

Our Man In Kuwait is a colonial-era thriller set against the background of big power conflict. The ultimate timepiece tinderbox of sun, sex and spies.
  • ISBN13 9781916449183
  • Publish Date 20 November 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint New Century
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 334
  • Language English