Lords of the Atlas: The Rise And Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956

Maxwell, Gavin:

ISBN 10: 0907871143 / ISBN 13: 9780907871149

Edité par Eland Publishing Ltd, 2004

320 S. !! Mit Anstreichungen im Text !! Akzeptables Exemplar, deutliche Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU bestoßen, Schnitt/Papier nachgedunkelt, Anstreichungen/Anmerkungen im Text, ist aber noch gut zu gebrauchen. B260126ah98 ISBN: 9780907871149 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 396. N° de réf. du vendeur 749251

Synopsis :

The greatest Moroccan travel book of all time:vital reading for the new upmarket Marrakesh tourism - one of the bibles of British twentieth-century Orientalism - by the author of A Ring of Bright Water - describes the extraordinary medieval nature of Morocco in the twentieth century, focussing on a family who combined the lethal elegance of gangland mobsters with the opulent charm of hereditary Indian princes, fed by a monopoly in drugs and prostitution - a perennial classic for the backlist which will sell and sell - POS material available

À propos de l'auteur: Gavin Maxwell was born in the south-west of Scotland and was educated at a succession of schools before taking a degree in Estate Management at Oxford. He served with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, after which he bought the island of Soay. As well as his famous otter books - Ring of Bright Water and The Rocks Remain - he also wrote the critically acclaimed People of the Reeds, an account of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. He died in 1969.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Lords of the Atlas: The Rise And Fall of the...
Éditeur : Eland Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Softcover Hardcover
Etat : Befriedigend