Archie Hunter

Power and Passion in Egypt

A Life of Sir Eldon Gorst, 1861-1911

Buch

When Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cromer as Agent and Consul-General in Cairo in 1907, Britain effectively ruled Egypt and the Sudan. The period Gorst spent in Egypt was critical in shaping Africa's history. The British government gave Gorst the task of liberalising the Egyptian regime, a role he pursued with vigour. However, the reforms he introduced satisfied neither Egyptian nationalists nor British expatriates, who believed he was merely pandering to agitators. Pressure increased after Boutros Ghali, the Egyptian Prime Minister and Gorst's close ally, was assassinated in 1910. Under immense strain, Gorst suspended his reform programme a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84511-364-3
EAN: 9781845113643
Produktnummer: 2814852
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.8 cm x D2.6 cm 598 g
Abbildungen: Illustrations
Gewicht: 598
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Archie Hunter was educated at Sherborne School and Clare College, Cambridge, before being called to the Bar. His career encompassed the Colonial Administrative Service in northern Nigeria, the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva and the Ministry of Defence. He is the author of Kitchener's Sword Arm: The Life and Campaigns of General Sir Archbald Hunter, A Life of Sir John Eldon Gorst: Disraeli's Awkward Disciple and Wellington's Scapegoat: The Tragedy of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan. He is Sir Eldon Gorst's great-nephew.