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Power and Passion in Egypt: A Life of Sir Eldon Gorst, 1861-1911

By Archie Hunter

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2007
ISBN
9781845113643, 9781845113643
Open Library ID
OL11911265M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4795240 bytes)
Series
International Library of Colonial History
Pages
289\289
Topic
History
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

When Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cromer as Agent and Consul-General in Cairo in 1907, Britain effectively ruled Egypt and the Sudan.  The period Gorst spent in Egypt was critical in shaping Africa's history.    The British government gave Gorst the task of liberalising the Egyptian regime, a role he pursued with vigour.  However the reforms he introduced satisfied neither Egyptian nationalists nor British expatriates, who believed he was merely pandering to agitators.  Pressure increased after Boutros Ghali, the Egyptian Prime Minister and Gorst's close ally, was assassinated in 1910.  Under immense strain, Gorst suspended his reform programme and a year later he was dead from cancer.   Gorst's role in determining the path taken by the government of Egypt is often overlooked.  Power and Passion in Egypt offers a timely assessment of his contribution and argues that his was an honourable attempt to share government with the Egyptian people.

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