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

by Gavin Maxwell

• ISBN13: 9781585746330
• ISBN10: 1585746339
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

A classic story of history, intrigue, mystery, and action.

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	8	(2)
Author's Introduction to Morocco	10	(5)
Publisher's Note	15	(1)
Table of Principal Events	16	(2)
Genealogy	18	(4)
Book One: MADANI EL GLAOUI
The Castle	22	(7)
The Cannon	29	(16)
Whose King is a Child	45	(18)
The Time and the Country	63	(17)
The Defeat of Abd El Aziz	80	(12)
Madani's Sultan -- Moulay Hafid	92	(12)
The Hostages	104	(12)
The Beginning of the Great Caid Era	116	(18)
Book Two: THAMI EL GLAOUI
The Golden Years	134	(17)
The Glaoui Empire Completed	151	(13)
The Image	164	(6)
Towards Independence	170	(10)
The First March of the Berber Warriors	180	(9)
The Deposition of Mohammed V	189	(13)
Thami's Hour	202	(9)
The Submission of Thami	211	(17)
The Hand of Allah	228	(6)
Appendix I: The Aftermath - Marrakesh in 1956	234	(2)
Appendix II: Walter Harris's Description of his Dealings with Moulay Hafid after his Deposition	236	(8)
Appendix III: Extract from Lawrence Harris's With Mulai Hafid at Fez (1909)	244	(2)
Appendix IV: Comments on Son Excellence by Members of the Old Regime	246	(8)
The Documents in Reply	254	(9)
Select Bibliography	263	(1)
Map of Morocco	264	(2)
Index	266