Saul Kelly biography
Saul Kelly is a lecturer with the War Studies Group, King’s College, London. He specialises in the history of the Great Powers in the Middle East and has travelled widely in the region. His first book, an edited collection of essays: Whitehall and the Suez Crisis (Frank Cass) was published in 2000. This was followed by Cold War in the Desert (Macmillan,2000), Dignified and Efficient: The British Monarchy in the Twentieth Century (Claridge,2000) and The Hunt for Zerzura: the Lost Oasis and the Desert War (John Murray,2002).
How I Found the Agency
The estimable Andrew Lownie was first brought to my attention by a TV production company executive who was keen on making a programme about a short treatment I had written on the "Real Story' behind the Hollywood blockbuster film and Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient. (I had only written the treatment after a conversation over a few glasses of wine in the kitchen of a friend who requested ideas for a Channel 4 history documentary series). The TV executive then mentioned my treatment to Andrew, and we made contact with each other. The rest, as they say, is history! Over a thoroughly enjoyable lunch Andrew suggested I turn the "Real Story of The English Patient' into a book, which I did. Two years later it appeared as The Hunt for Zerzura.
