Well Mugsy...that's asking alot to narrow my selection down to one. I dwelt on this for 24 hours and still can't do it....so here's some favorites....

White Mischief....a true story of a murder during WWII. The murder took place in the English expatriate community in Kenya.

ANYTHING by Patrick Dennis --- Auntie Mame, Around the World with Auntie Mame, Genius,etc. Funny, funny, funny -- LOL funny. Sometimes under his real name of Edward Tanner -- his biorgraphy was interesting too btw.

The six volumes (!) that make up the Jewel in the Crown series. About the British Raj during WWII (do we have a theme going here?) There is a 7th book -- Staying On -- clever but.... This is also available on video and it is also wonderful (and has the most gorgeous man on the face of the earth in it.)

Herman Wouk's Winds of War. FORGET the tv. movie. Wouk is not good at drawing women characters -- they tend to be stereotypical -- saintly madonna, shrill harpie, beautiful tramp. His men are much more three dimensional. But one of the most important things that drove Pugh Henry was his short stature -- and they cast Robert Mitchum (six foot plus!) One of the few strong women -- they miscast Ali MacGraw!

Straight on to Morning -- about Beryl Markham -- a pioneering avitrix.....