CONTENTS

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4. DRAMATIS PERSONAE
5. INTRODUCTION
6. Chapter One
   A HANDS-OFF ENVOY: BLAIR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
7. Chapter Two
   THE BLAIR RICH PROJECT
8. Chapter Three
   EUROPE: BLAIR’S FAILED AMBITIONS
9. Chapter Four
   ADVISER TO OIL-RICH SHEIKHS
10. Chapter Five
    APOLOGIST FOR DICTATORS: CENTRAL ASIA PROVIDES FERTILE PICKINGS
11. Chapter Six
    BURMA’S MILITARY GOVERNMENT CALL IN BLAIR
12. Chapter Seven
    EMBRACING GADDAFI
13. Chapter Eight
    BLAIR AND MANDELSON: THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
14. Chapter Nine
    SELLING INFLUENCE TO THE ARAB WORLD
15. Chapter Ten
    THE TRANSATLANTIC CONNECTION
16. Chapter Eleven
    AFRICA: MORE COMMERCE THAN CAUSE
17. Chapter Twelve
    DOING GOD
18. Chapter Thirteen
    FAMILY FORTUNES
19. Chapter Fourteen
    THE PROPERTY PORTFOLIO
20. Chapter Fifteen
    A ROUTE BACK TO BRITISH POLITICS
21. Chapter Sixteen
    A GOLD-PLATED PRISON
22. INDEX
23. Plates
24. Copyright