Cairo in the War
1939-45
$36.29
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
10 December 2013
Summary
For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira Club and drinks at Shepheard’s. For the irregular warriors, Cairo was a city to throw legendary parties before the next mission behind enemy lines. For countless refugees, it was a stopping place in the long struggle to safety.
The political scene was dominated by the British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson. In February 1942 he surrounded the Abdin Palace with tanks and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848548848 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848548842 |
| Author: | Artemis Cooper |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 10 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 298g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 27mm |
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As hard to put down as good fiction. The research is wide, detailed and scrupulous. It is hard to think, on finishing, how this demanding book could have been handled better, more lucidly or more entertaining - Patrick Leigh Fermor, Times Literary Supplement
This informative and enjoyable book puts political history side-by-side with the personal sub-history of the characters who determined it … a mine of entertaining anecdotes - Rana Kabbani, ObserverWhat lifts it out of the ordinary is the sparkle of the writing and its command of the background - P. H. Newby, Sunday TelegraphMuch more than a lively and amusing social history. With enormous skill she has shaped it into a gripping account of the progress of the war itself and of the fortunes of its major protagonists. The result is bracing and salutary and very readable indeed - Charles Allen, Sunday TimesAs hard to put down as good fiction. The research is wide, detailed and scrupulous. It is hard to think, on finishing, how this demanding book could have been handled better, more lucidly or more entertaining - Patrick Leigh Fermor, Times Literary SupplementThis informative and enjoyable book puts political history side-by-side with the personal sub-history of the characters who determined it … a mine of entertaining anecdotes - Rana Kabbani, ObserverWhat lifts it out of the ordinary is the sparkle of the writing and its command of the background - P. H. Newby, Sunday TelegraphMuch more than a lively and amusing social history. With enormous skill she has shaped it into a gripping account of the progress of the war itself and of the fortunes of its major protagonists. The result is bracing and salutary and very readable indeed - Charles Allen, Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Artemis Cooper
Artemis Cooper is the author of Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure, Cairo in the War, 1939-1945 and Writing at the Kitchen Table, the authorized biography of Elizabeth David. With her husband Antony Beevor she wrote Paris After the Liberation, 1945-1949. She has edited two collections of letters and Words of Mercury, a collection of pieces by Patrick Leigh Fermor.
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