The Broken King - Michael Thomas Paperback / softback`Michael Thomas has written a truly extraordinary memoir, one that sears and sings with such terrible, beautiful honesty it will burn its way deep into your bones.The Broken Kingis a triumph, and reading it will leave you changed. It's genuinely one of the most extraordinary and magical books I have ever read. I'm full of awe.' Helen Macdonald,author ofH Is for Hawk`Entirely mesmerizing. With a virtuosic command of language and an eagle eye for
nor can he share what he can say with everyone
to rule the desert planet
Charged with an item of great mystery and import - a washbag
It had been restricted by invisible barriers almost as effectively as the physically restricted lives of my aunts in the zenana
there's nothing like country air for giving you an appetite
a perfect summer read' RACHEL BLACKMORE`Heady and intoxicating' KAT DUNN
and has no idea how to manage her unpleasant periods
From Byzantine manuscripts right through to 19th-century masterpieces
unproductive land and overpopulation remain
It is a system that was conceived of as a military product designed for war
will be hers
'A chilling perspective on Putin's Russia