In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and Calcutta represented the twin poles of British power in Asia and Africa, Cromer's commanding presence seemed to radiate the essential spirit of imperial rule. In this first modern biography Roger Owen charts the life of the man revered by the British and hated by today's Egyptians, the real ruler of Egypt for a quarter of a century.
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`A first rate scholarly biography of Cromer is extremely welcome. It would be hard to think of anyone better qualified than Roger Owen to write.' TLS
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`A superb addition to Anglo-Egyption historiography' TLS
`timely and welcome.' Piers Brendon, Oldie
`A lucid account' TLS
`A superb addition to Anglo-Egyption historiography' TLS
`timely and welcome.' Piers Brendon, Oldie
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Roger Owen is an A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard University.
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NOTE: This is a review of a work written by Cromer that is not currently available on Amazon. It is NOT a review of the above biography. I have chosen to write my review hear in hopes that anyone looking for Cromer's anthology of Greek poetry will come across this link and, hopefully, discover my review.Review of 'Paraphrase and Translations' I'm going through all this trouble because Cromer's collection of Greek poetry, mostly Hellenic, is a profound contribution to existing collections. While Cromer admits a looseness with the text, his great skill in composing versed rhyme makes his translation well-worth the read. I recommend his anthology 'Paraphrase and Translations from the Greek' to anyone who can find it.
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On 8 June 1841 census enumerators visited Cromer Hall, a newly built neo-Gothic house just a mile and a half from the little fishing town of Cromer in Norfolk. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lord Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Modern Egypt, Drummond Wolff, Rivers Wilson, Lord Salisbury, Lord Northbrook, New York, Prime Minister, Mallet Correspondence, Mixed Tribunals, Wilfrid Blunt, Rennell Rodd, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary, Mustafa Kamil, Lady Cromer, War Office, Edward Lear, Sir Henry, Harry Boyle, Earl of Cromer, High Commissioner, House of Commons, Oxford University Press New!
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On 8 June 1841 census enumerators visited Cromer Hall, a newly built neo-Gothic house just a mile and a half from the little fishing town of Cromer in Norfolk. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lord Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Modern Egypt, Drummond Wolff, Rivers Wilson, Lord Salisbury, Lord Northbrook, New York, Prime Minister, Mallet Correspondence, Mixed Tribunals, Wilfrid Blunt, Rennell Rodd, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary, Mustafa Kamil, Lady Cromer, War Office, Edward Lear, Sir Henry, Harry Boyle, Earl of Cromer, High Commissioner, House of Commons, Oxford University Press New!
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- England in Egypt by Alfred Milner on 10 pages
- Political And Literary Essays (1908-1913) by Earl Of Cromer on 8 pages
- Political and Literary Essays (Dodo Press) by Evelyn Baring on 5 pages
- Edward Lear: The life of a wanderer by Vivien Noakes on 4 pages
- Political and Social Change in Modern Egypt (School of Oriental & African Studies) by P. M. Holt on 4 pages
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- Re-envisioning Egypt, 1919-1952 by Arthur Goldschmidt on page 269, and Back Matter
- The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi in Back Matter
- Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies by Caroline Elkins in Back Matter
- Colonial and Postcolonial Literature by Elleke Boehmer in Back Matter
- The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882 (Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law) by Michael Berdine in Back Matter
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