Best (They Came to Baghdad)

In the novel They Came to Baghdad, Best is a diplomat at the British Embassy in Baghdad senior to Lionel Shrivenham. As he was away in Teheran during the time of the events in the novel, as were al the other seniour officials, it was left to the junior [[Lionel Shrivenham to receive Sir Rupert Crofton Lee when he arrived in Baghdad.