Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

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

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 availableRead More

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    Lords of the Atlas : Paperback : Eland Publishing Ltd : 9780907871149 : 0907871143 : 20 Dec 2016 : Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos.

  • Waterstones

    Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country

  • 0907871143
  • 9780907871149
  • Gavin Maxwell
  • 24 September 2004
  • Eland Publishing Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • illustrated edition
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