Used paperback in good condition. Cover and pages show minimal wear. Pages with normal age discolouration. 557 pages. Published by Pan Books, 1982. ISBN 0330268341.

At Riyadh, in 1902, the desert raider Ibn Saud tossed the head of the town governor from a parapet down to his followers below... thus was the kingdom of Saudi Arabia founded. Two-thirds the size of India, it holds a quarter of the world's oil and has six times more overseas assets than the USA. A land of desert unchanged for centuries, with the wealth and power to make the world tremble... The domain of the House of Saud.