The English Amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century
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Against a background of intrigue and manipulation on both sides, the author charts the experiences and impact of those who helped to define the relationship between Britain and Iran from the end of the 18th century to the early 20th century. We meet the diplomats, soldiers, spies, traders, travellers, missionaries, engineers and doctors who all in their often colourful, different ways contributed to Anglo-Iranian understanding and misunderstanding. The text illuminates a little-known corner of British imperial and diplomatic history.
Author: Sir Denis Wright
Format: Hardback, 288 pages, 153mm x 236mm
Published: 2001, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: Political Ideologies & Parties
Description
Against a background of intrigue and manipulation on both sides, the author charts the experiences and impact of those who helped to define the relationship between Britain and Iran from the end of the 18th century to the early 20th century. We meet the diplomats, soldiers, spies, traders, travellers, missionaries, engineers and doctors who all in their often colourful, different ways contributed to Anglo-Iranian understanding and misunderstanding. The text illuminates a little-known corner of British imperial and diplomatic history.
The English Amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century