| A Flying Visit: To the Middle East Contributor(s): Hoare, Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107492866 ISBN-13: 9781107492868 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Travel | Middle East - Israel |
| Dewey: 915.694 |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.26 lbs) 114 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1925, this book contains the text of lectures made by Sir Samuel Hoare, then the Secretary of State for Air, to students at Harrow School on the subject of his visit to various territories in the Middle East that were under British control after the First World War, including Baghdad and Jerusalem. The text is conversational and easy to read, and photographs of the people, animals and places seen on Hoare's journey are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Middle East or in British colonial history. |