This is the story of the development of the Hashemites, direct descendants of the Prophet and traditional guardians of the Holy Places of Hejaz. With unadorned clarity, both evocative and touching, the author takes us from their beginnings in conspiracy and desert warfare, through the great days of the Hashemite Kingdoms, explaining in detail how their fortunes were inextricably linked with those of Britain, culminating in the assassinations and horrors of Baghdad in 1958. A literary and historical gem.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 57 Summer 2010 ) |
