Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914

by George Cassar and George H. Cassar

Book Overview

This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources - including government records and private papers - it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319818767
• ISBN13: 9783319818764
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"