Praise for THE AFRICA HOUSE: 'An amazing story of high hopes, lost love and ruined lives.' Sunday Times Praise for THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT: 'The definitive account of modern Afghanistan! This is a lucid, intimate, haunting book, passionate yet never self-indulgent, which sings the story of Lamb's love -- and the tragic plight of a defiant and divided nation.' Rory Maclean, Sunday Times 'A remarkable blend of outrage, compassion and hope, Christina Lamb's book is an alternately horrifying and uplifting insight into the Taliban regime.' Justin Marozzi, Evening Standard More praise for THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT: 'Deeply penetrating, informative and always engaging! Through the dispiriting events under which Afghanistan continues to be submerged, Lamb continually finds delightful people who have latched on to the fact that Faith is an ecclesiastical word for credulity, and offer some hope for the country's future.' Cal McCrystal, Financial Times 'Lamb has a curiosity that demands she listen to anyone -- warlord, reluctant torturer, Pakistani intelligence officer, family of the last man hanged! And beyond the door of the "Golden Needle Ladies' Sewing Classes" in Herat, Lamb is awed by that cultured city's resistance! which, as [she] understands, matters more than pages of guns and rubble.' Veronica Howell, Guardian

Christina Lamb is diplomatic correspondent of The Sunday Telegraph. Named Young Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards for her original despatches from Afghanistan, she was awarded Foreign Affairs Writer of the Year by the Foreign Press Association. She is also the author of the best-selling The Africa House and Waiting for Allah.