<p>'A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own' Rory Stewart<br><br>'A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age' William Dalrymple<br><br>'Important reading at any time in history; essential in the world of today' Peter Frankopan<br><br><br>In December 1971, after having stepped down as the United Nations' longest-serving Secretary-General, U Thant w...