Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956
Paperback Published on: 24/09/2004
Price: €21.00
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
Publisher information
- Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd
- ISBN: 9780907871149
- Number of pages: 320
- Languages: English
