The Fragrance of Tears av Victoria Schofield

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<p>A memoir of Victoria Schofield''s thirty-year friendship with her Oxford contemporary, Benazir Bhutto. <br><b>''Fascinating and moving'' Lord Owen </b><br><br><b>''Abounds with behind-the-scenes gems'' <i>Spectator</i></b><br><br><b>''Sheds light on the human side of a courageous politican'' <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Brings unique insights into the life and times of Benazir Bhutto'' Lyse Doucet </b><br><br>In the summer of 1978, Victoria Schofield travelled to Pakistan to join her friend Benazir Bhutto, whose father, the former prime minister, was facing a charge of conspiracy to murder. In the fevered context of Bhutto''s appeal against the death sentence, their university friendship grew into a lifelong bond, ending only with Benazir''s assassination in 2007.<br><br>Schofield''s memoir sheds light on the recent history of this turbulent region, and affectionately charts Benazir''s transformation from Oxford undergraduate to one of the most charismatic and controversia