Dr. Jamal Nasir advised the King of Jordan through most of the last fifty years of the twentieth century and shares a personal insight on the way events unfolded in Jordan and Palestine. This heartwarming narrative follows Nasir from a young Palestinian refugee, through to a career at the bar in London, and on to being legal advisor to King Hussein, amongst others. Intimately acquainted with the workings of government in the region, Nasir here reveals previously unpublished accounts of key moments behind the scenes in modern Middle East history.