Christopher Howarth has worked in the corridors of Westminster for over fifteen turbulent years of politics. Working for an influential group of MPs (the European Research Group) and a special adviser in the Home Office, advising Ministers on defence and foreign policy in and out of Government, working on leadership campaigns and standing for Parliament. Christopher has seen it all. His book inhabits a world between fact and fiction. Christopher studied Medieval History at St Andrews University, Law at York and has spent ten years in the Territorial Army. He lives in London.