Review
'Souza nails iniquity of Iraq adventure in her merciless novel . . . hinting that Lloyd's of London assisted sanctions-busters, she shows how intelligence-gathering combined with personal greed reached deep into political life in the UK and in other major powers . . . an exposure of deep-rooted hypocrisy, so close to the type of people we know and are expected to respect, it will send shudders of fear and shame down the spine of any decent person.' --JAMES BREWER, Lloyd's List
Product Description
On the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Children & Spies, an operative training manual written by former KGB General Nico Stollen, goes to the top of the Amazon bestseller chart. The crisis it provokes reaches into a perplexing world of 1960s politics, freemasons, diplomats, spooks and Jesuits. Which of the superpowers poisoned the Kurdish water supply? Why was Britain's defence secretary murdered twenty years later? What was the sinister history of the construction giant Fitzwilliams International, inherited by his widow, Jasmine Fitzwilliams? Blending historical detail with fiction, a huge cast is introduced as the narrative tracks the abiding friendship between three families: the Palmeiras - Roman Catholic Indian traders long based in Mesopotamia; the Solomons, one of the last remaining prestigious Jewish families in Baghdad; and the El-Tareks, a mixed Sunni-Shia Iraqi clan.Another trio - the British freemason Sir Julian Lawrence, the American Jesuit Father Anthony and the Russian Nico Stollen - seek to protect them from the malign intentions of MI6 officer, Peter Ligne.
About the Author
Corinne Souza's non-fiction books include Baghdad's Spy and So You Want to be a Lobbyist? Jasmine's Tortoise is her first novel.
