Table of Contents

Introduction; Part One: 'Per ardua ad astra'; Part Two: The 'magical' kingdom: Saudi Arabia; Part Three: Dubai: my pearl in the Gulf; Epilogue.

About the Author

Bill Larkworthy was born in 1933 in modest circumstances in Plymouth. Trained as a doctor in post-war Britain, he went on to work for nearly 45 years as a GP and specialist. He travelled the world in the medical branch of the Royal Air Force before heading for the Middle East. There he attended the King of Saudi Arabia in his palaces but ended up in one of his jails. Freed under pressure from friends and sympathetic authorities, he went to the UAE where he established and and ran a successful and widely acclaimed private clinic in Dubai for 15 years before retiring in 2001.

Reviews

"Interesting and well-written... a winner" - Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence "Rattling good tales - a great book" - Andrew Taylor, author of Travelling the Sands