Gerald De Gaury

Broschiertes Buch

Three Kings in Baghdad

The Tragedy of Iraq's Monarchy

Beschreibung

The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921. He pro-British and thus 'suitable' to lead an independent Iraq. His son and successor, Ghazi, a strong pan-Arab nationalist, felt very differently. Ghazi's death left his son, Faisal, King at the age of four. This is the tragic story of the short-lived Iraqi monarchy.

Autor

Gerald de Gaury, 1897-1984, was one of the great British travellers in Arabia and an expert on the Middle East. He joined the British army at the outbreak of World War I and served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front for which he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he became British Political Agent in Kuwait and was later special emissary to King Ibn Saud and special Chargé d'Affaires with the Regent of Iraq. In addition to being a soldier and a diplomat, he wrote a biography on Alexander Kinglake, a modern history of Israel and several travel books on the Middle East - now classics - including Arabia Phoenix, Arabian Journey and Rulers of Mecca.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781845115357
• ISBN-10: 184511535X
• Artikelnr.: 23150207