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Desmond Stewart (1924–1981)was a British journalist, historian, a researcher of the Arabian world, mainly he was interested in Egypt. The most important works are: “The Early Islam”, “The Pyramids and Sphinx”, “The Alhambra”,”The Arab world”, “Turkey”, “Mecca”, “Cairo”, “Great Cairo: Mother of the World”, “The Usuitable Englishman”, “Leopard in the grass”, “Palestinians: Victims of Expediency” and many others.
The novel “The Unsuitable Englishman” concentrates on the adventures of the main hero, Candy Jason, who follows his impulse to see the East and whose decision to stay there brings about an international crisis. Jason makes the ""leap of faith"" and is absorbed into Median life, living with the taxicab driver Hassan, becoming singer Kareema, Kareema's lover and taking the job as chauffeur. He is on friendly and equal terms with the native population and is on their side, Jason supports their demands and needs. In breaking out of the British prison of civilization Jason's flouting of acceptable English behavior goes from teatable talk to diplomatic circles, arouses the vengeance of Hugh Flodden, the chief leader of the British policy, and brings Jason out into the open conflict with the reigners. Hugh's derelictions are made public but Jason is able to linger in the land of his choosing and on his own terms.
James Aldridge was born in 1918, in White Hills, Victoria, Australia. He is the English author, public figure and war correspondent.
Aldridge attended a Melbourne commercial college. In 1938 he moved to England. His work as a journalist and war correspondent on many fronts during World War II gave him an understanding of life and a grasp of writing technique. His first three novels,Signed with Their Honour (1942), The Sea Eagle (1944) and Of Many Men (1946) are stories of men in battle in Greece, Crete, Egypt, Finland and Russia, they reflect both the heroism of the national resistance movement and the changes that the epochal victory over fascism brought.
Aldridge energetically responds to the pressing problems of the times, advocating peace and the easing of international tensions, for example, in the novel The Diplomat (1949), for which he received the Gold Medal of Peace in 1953. This novel, published in twenty-five languages and a bestseller in Russia, established Aldridge as an important political novelist with Marxist persuasions. A story of the Anglo-American-Russian dispute over Iran and Iranian oil, The Diplomat combines a complicated political theme with an analysis of human motives. Other political novels by Aldridge, which are sometimes criticised as being vehicles for their author's political views rather than fiction, includeHeroes of the Empty View; I Wish He Would Not Die; The Last Exile, encompassing the whole story of Egypt while focusing on the last days of British influence there. He is drawn to the fate of the common man who, under dramatic circumstances, conquers despair (The Hunter, 1950). The theme of the Soviet Union runs through all of Aldridge’s work. He clearly sees the complex nature of the fierce ideological struggle between the worlds of capitalism and socialism and its reflection in people’s consciousness (A Captive in the Land and its sequel The Statesman’s Game).
The breadth of Aldridge’s creative interests is demonstrated by his book Cairo; his cycle of Australian short stories, including “Bush Boy, Poor Boy” and “Victory for a Bush Boy” and his collection of short stories Gold and Sand. My Brother Tom (1966) which is one of Aldridge's few works concerned with Australia and it is engaged with religious fractions (Protestant and Catholic) in an Australian country town. Aldridge’s novels tend toward the genre of the heroic epic. They realistically reflect both the complicated path of the individual towards new horizons and the tragedy of the individualist, who has lost sight of these horizons. Aldridge received the Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Nations in 1973. Aldridge explores prejudices, religious conflicts in his work, presenting a complex view of the world through palpable characters.
Works
Signed with Their Honour (Brown, Little & Co, 1942)
The Sea Eagle (Michael Joseph, 1944), winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, 1945
Of Many Men (Michael Joseph, 1946)
The Diplomat (Bodley Head, 1949)
The Hunter (Bodley Head, 1950)
Heroes of the Empty View (Bodley Head, 1954)
Undersea Hunting for Inexperienced Englishmen (Allen & Unwin, 1955)
I Wish He Would Not Die (Bodley Head, 1957)
The Last Exile (Hamish Hamilton, 1961)
A Captive in the Land (Hamish Hamilton, 1962)
My Brother Tom (Hamish Hamilton, 1966)
The Statesman's Game (Hamish Hamilton, 1966)
The Flying 19 (Hamish Hamilton,1966)
Cairo - Biography of a City (1969)
Living Egypt, with Paul Strand (1969)
A Sporting Proposition (Ride a Wild Pony) (Little Brown, 1973)
The Untouchable Juli (Little Brown, 1974)
Mockery in Arms (Little Brown, 1974)
The Marvellous Mongolian (Macmillan, 1974)
One Last Glimpse (Michael Joseph, 1977)
Goodbye Un-America (Michael Joseph, 1979)
The Broken Saddle (Julia Macrae, 1982)
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (Hyland House, 1984)
The True Story of Spit Macphee (Viking, 1986), winner of the Guardian Prize[29] and New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
The True Story of Lola Mackellar (Viking, 1992)
The Girl from the Sea (Penguin, 2002)
The Wings of Kitty St Clair (Penguin, 2006)
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