A Flying Visit
To The Middle East
Published on 12. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
114 pages
978-1-107-49286-8 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
131 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-49286-8 (9781107492868)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface; The object of the journey; The journey; The air command and the desert route.