Former ABC News Chief Charles Glass has lived in Beirut for six years and covered the Middle East as a journalist for twenty-five years.

Reviews for Tribes with Flags: 'I am a lifetime admirer of T.E. Lawrence, but I can't help but remark what a great book his 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' would have been had he been as gifted a writer as Charles Glass' Evening Standard 'But for the daring escape, after more than two months in chains, he might be there still, and the world would have been denied a marvellous book' Economist 'A travel book in the classic style, discursive, inquiring, agreeable, and set in places well off the tourist track' Independent

Former ABC News Chief Charles Glass has lived in Beirut for six years and covered the Middle East as a journalist for twenty-five years.

Reviews for Tribes with Flags: 'I am a lifetime admirer of T.E. Lawrence, but I can't help but remark what a great book his 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' would have been had he been as gifted a writer as Charles Glass' Evening Standard 'But for the daring escape, after more than two months in chains, he might be there still, and the world would have been denied a marvellous book' Economist 'A travel book in the classic style, discursive, inquiring, agreeable, and set in places well off the tourist track' Independent

Former ABC News Chief Charles Glass has lived in Beirut for six years and covered the Middle East as a journalist for twenty-five years.

Reviews for Tribes with Flags: 'I am a lifetime admirer of T.E. Lawrence, but I can't help but remark what a great book his 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' would have been had he been as gifted a writer as Charles Glass' Evening Standard 'But for the daring escape, after more than two months in chains, he might be there still, and the world would have been denied a marvellous book' Economist 'A travel book in the classic style, discursive, inquiring, agreeable, and set in places well off the tourist track' Independent