<p>The plot of Peace with Honour involves the negotiation of a trade treaty between a fictional, unstable Ethiopian kingdom named Khemistan and the British government. One of the story’s protagonists is a woman doctor, Georgia Keeling, who is brought by the treaty mission to treat the Ethiopian queen’s cataracts. The queen lives in seclusion as part of a harem. Georgia Keeling’s role is secondary to the trade treaty, which is being negotiated by the story’s other protagonist, Georgia’s childhood...