Lord Cromer: Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul

ISBN-13: 9780199253388 / Angielski / Twarda / 476 str.

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Opis

In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and Calcutta represented the twin poles of British power in Asia and Africa, Cromer's commanding presence seemed to radiate the essential spirit of imperial rule. In this first modern biography Roger Owen charts the life of the man revered by the British and hated by today's Egyptians, the real ruler of Egypt for a quarter of a century.

Recenzje

This masterly biography, the first modern life of one of the most famous of British imperialists. Roger Owen is the first person to make extensive use of Cromer's notes and the archives in the Foreign office and in the India Office concerning his years of power.