1st Edition
The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882
By Michael D. Berdine
Copyright 2005
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
330 Pages
by
Routledge
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This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi Revolt in 1882. It addresses Blunt's tireless efforts on behalf of the Egyptian Nationalists to... Read more
Introduction. 1. Man with a Mission 2. The Future of Islam 3. Egyptian Nationalists, 1881-1882 4. The Die is Cast 5. Two's Company, Three's a Crowd 6. The Battle for Egypt at Home 7. The "Circassian Plot" 8. Beginning of the End 9. The Inevitable
Biography
Michael D. Berdine teaches history at Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona.
