Baron Oates of Denby Grange (Jonny Oates; current Co-Chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe)

"Then a Wind Blew is a beautiful and evocative book that traces the final, tragic year of the Zimbabwe independence war through the eyes of three women with very different perspectives and experiences of life and war in pre-independence Zimbabwe. Its genius is its very personal perspective and its refusal to take sides, letting the reader see the situation in the round and leaving them to come to their own judgements. If you want to understand the full tragedy of the bush war, the terrible toll it exacted on all involved and the enduring legacy it still imposes on this beautiful country and its wonderful people, please read this book. A beautifully written and haunting story that will stay with me for a long time to come."