Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East Fiction_Gift_Guide she’s carved out her own

she’s carved out her own life far away from her mother’s many premonitions and tarot cards

A Street Cat Named Bob is an international sensation

Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault

and American politics

At only 234 pages (bilingual)

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East Fiction_Gift_Guide she’s carved out her ownA brilliant narrative history tracing today's troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States. Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel's godfather, and A. T.