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Embark on a captivating journey through the diplomatic career and extraordinary life of Sir John Drummond Hay with "A Memoir of Sir John Drummond Hay, P.C., K.C.B., G.C.M.G., Sometime Minister at the Court of Morocco." Discover the remarkable story of Sir John Drummond Hay, whose diplomatic service spanned crucial periods of international relations in the 19th century. Written with intimate detail by Louisa Annette Edla Drummond-Hay Brooks and Alice Emily Drummond-Hay, this memoir offers a poignant glimpse into his influential role as Minister at the Court of Morocco. Follow Sir John Drummond Hay's diplomatic exploits as he navigates the complexities of Moroccan politics, European alliances,...
In 1832, Eugène Delacroix accompanied a French diplomatic mission to Morocco, the first leg of a journey through the Maghreb and Andalusia that left an indelible impression on the painter. This comprehensive, annotated English-language translation of his notes and essays about this formative trip makes available a classic example of travel writing about the “Orient” from the era and provides a unique picture of the region against the backdrop of the French conquest of Algeria. Delacroix’s travels in Morocco, Algeria, and southern Spain led him to discover a culture about which he had held only imperfect and stereotypical ideas and provided a rich store of images that fed his imaginati...
A richly documented survey of modern Moroccan history that will enthral those searching for the background to present-day events in the region.
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The Exile in the Maghreb entails the first attempt at describing the historical reality of the legal and social condition of the Jews in the Muslim countries of North Africa (principally Algeria and Morocco) over a thousand year period from the Middle Ages (997 C.E.) to the French colonization (1830 Algeria/1912 Morocco.). The Exile is not a formal history but a chronological anthology of documents drawn from literary (section A) and archival sources (section B), many of which are published for the first time. In section A, Arabic and Hebrew chronicles, Muslim legal, and theological texts are followed by the accounts culled from European travelers—captives, diplomats, doctors, clerics, and...