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Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart has been the UK Secretary of State for International Development, Minister of State for Prisons, and Minister 
of State for Africa. He is now the independent candidate for mayor of London.
 (February 2020)

What Went Wrong in South Sudan

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The Dark Defile: Britain’s Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838–1842

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by Georgina Howell

Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

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