Sent in 1918 with a secret British force bound for north-west Persia and the Caucasus, Donohoe travels from Egypt to Basra, up the Tigris past Kut to Baghdad, then into Persia toward Tabriz. He mixes war reporting with weddings, bazaars, and the politics of Turks, Germans and Bolsheviks.
An unusual view of a little-known theatre of the First World War. Download the free EPUB.