Desert King: The Life of Ibn Saud by David Howarth - 1980

Paperback. Very Good.

Quartet Books, 1980-02-01. Paperback. Good. 8x4x0. Pages tanned but appears to have hardly been read. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Quartet Books Limited A member of the Namara Group, 1980. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: The Life of ibn Saud. FRONT COVER: Front cover shows a portrait of ibn Saud reproduced with the kind permission of the department of information, Saudi Arabian Embassy CONTENTS: PROLOGUE; PART ONE--THE PRINCE I Capture of a Capital II Bedouin at War III Battles and Marriages IV The British Resident V Death of an Enemy PART TWO--THE PURITAN VI Religion and the Sword VII Shakespear VIII Death of an Englishman IX Lawrence and the Sherif of Mecca X Philby XI Fall of the House of Rashid PART THREE--THE KING XII Rule of Law XIII The Fight for Mecca XIV King of the Hejaz XV Revolt of the Brotherhood XVI The American Concession PART FOUR--THE MILLIONAIRE XVII The Oil Strike XVIII Roosevelt and Churchill XIX Money and Dishonour; Sources and Acknowledgements. SYNOPSIS: In 1901, ibn Saud, twenty-one years old and penniless, rode out on camelback from Kuwait,… Read More