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

by Gavin Maxwell

• ISBN13: 9781585742066
• ISBN10: 1585742066
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

A dramatic history of intrigue and action in Morocco during the rise and spectacular fall of the House of Glaoua; with color photographs.

Author Biography

Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969) was born at the House of Elrig in Wigtownshire, Scotland, and educated at Oxford. He is the author of Ring of Bright Water, the international bestseller about raising pet otters near his cottage in the Highlands. For years, he ran a shark fishery in the Hebrides. He is also the author of God Protect Me From My Friends, a biography of a Sicilian outlaw. He traveled extensively throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

Table of Contents

Author's Foreword	p. 8
Author's Introduction to Morocco	p. 10
Publisher's Note	p. 15
Table of Principal Events	p. 16
Genealogy	p. 18
Madaniel Glaoui
The Castle	p. 22
The Cannon	p. 29
Whose King is a Child	p. 45
The Time and the Country	p. 63
The Defeat of Abd El Aziz	p. 80
Madani's Sultan--Moulay Hafid	p. 92
The Hostages	p. 104
The Beginning of the Great Caid Era	p. 116
T'hami el Glaoui
The Golden Years	p. 134
The Glaoui Empire Completed	p. 151
The Image	p. 164
Towards Independence	p. 170
The First March of the Berber Warriors	p. 180
The Deposition of Mohammed V	p. 189
T'hami's Hour	p. 202
The Submission of T'hami	p. 211
The Hand of Allah	p. 228
The Aftermath - Marrakesh in 1956	p. 234
Walter Harris's Description of his Dealings with Moulay Hafid after his Deposition	p. 236
Extract from Lawrence Harris's With Mulai Hafid at Fez (1909)	p. 244
Comments on Son Excellence by Members of the Old Regime	p. 246
The Documents in Reply	p. 254
Select Bibliography	p. 263
Map of Morocco	p. 264
Index	p. 266
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