Katie Hickman was born into a diplomatic family in 1960 and has spent more than twenty-five years living abroad in Europe, the Far East and Latin America. She is featured in the Oxford University Press guide to women travellers, Wayward Women.
Having worked in the diplomatic world, this book is part history and anecdotal. I could relate to the disciplines and "rules and regulations" of life at an overseas posting. This book is focused purely on the British.