Lords of the Atlas: Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956 - Softcover

Maxwell, Gavin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330024361 ISBN 13: 9780330024365

Publisher: Macmillan, 1970

Synopsis

This is an account of the history of the Galaova family in Morocco, once an obscure tribe in the High Atlas Mountains.

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Review

"Contains may superb color photographs that enhance Maxwell's lively narrative."--"Library Journal"

From the Back Cover

Lords of the Atlas is a classic story of Morocco and the rise and spectacular fall of the House of Glaoua. Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan Caid by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the almost medieval state of Morocco at the end of the nineteenth Century. This is the epic story of the more than fifty years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Out of the intriguing and dramatic lives of Madair and T'hami, Gavin Maxwell has fashioned an epic story set against the superb background of Marrakesh and the pinnacled castles of the High Atlas, still magnificent as crumbling ruins. A dramatic history of intrigue, action, and exotic places, and illustrated with over one hundred color illustrations and photographs, Lords of the Atlas is a stunning look at the rise and fall of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating rulers. (8 X 9 3/4, 276 pages, color photos, b&w photos, map, illustrations)

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330024361
• ISBN 13: 9780330024365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352