In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9774245547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Hassan Hassan, a great-grandson of Khedive Ismail, was born in 1924 and lived in Cairo. He died shortly before his book was published.
His descriptions of houses, palaces, and gardens many of them no longer in existence are at the same time precise and evocative. It is a charming and evocative account of a time and a social class that no longer exist, written in the author's inimitable style a style that reads almost like a conversation: "She emanated a gentle quietude which was like a screen between one and the exterior world. Some seventy-five photographs, most of them never published before, have a poignancy that readily leads the viewer into the world they depict. But the book will delight the general reader every bit as much as the historian. A dim sort of luminosity seemed to surround her, as if she lived in a gray, limbo world of her own also conveyed perhaps by the fact that she had very poor and limited eyesight."Prince Hassan's gift for characterization is matched by an extraordinary eye for detail. The experience of reading this memoir is akin to discovering a lost generation.. This remarkable memoir of a junior member of the former royal family constitutes a unique chronicle of life before 1952 among the members of Egypt's ruling class.
History of pre-1952 modern Egypt from a different viewpoint Reader Prince Hassan Aziz Hassan (1923--2000) was the grandnephew of King Farouk's father (his grandmother was King Fuad's youngest sister). After the military coup that deposed the 150 year old Egyptian monarchy, almost all ex-royals chose to leave the country. Prince Hassan was amongst the very few who chose to stay, and after his elder brother Ismail commited suicide in 1961 (out of despair at what became of his living conditions), Prince Hassan became the eldest male descendent of Muhammad Ali who s. New Perspective A Customer Published soon after Prince Hassan's death, this entertaining collection of personal memories and family reminisces gives shape to an often misunderstood and much maligned period of Egyptian history and its ruling family.Told in a chatty, familiar - almost gossipy - style with plenty of black and white photographs, this work provides insight into a past of privilege that survives today in the memory of a select few. Suprisingly, little information is available about a royal familty that was once . Fresh Perspective Published soon after Prince Hassan’s death, this entertaining collection of personal memories and family reminisces gives shape to an often misunderstood and much maligned period of Egyptian history and its ruling family.Told in a chatty, familiar - almost gossipy - style with plenty of black and white photographs, this work provides insight into a past of privilege that survives today in the memory of a select few. Surprisingly little information is available about a royal family that was
About the AuthorHassan Hassan, a great-grandson of Khedive Ismail, was born in 1924 and lived in Cairo. He died shortly before his book was published.