- Paperback: 436 pages
- Publisher: PARKWAY PUBLISHING; Reprint edition (3 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1898259410
- ISBN-13: 978-1898259411
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 798,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A fascinating insight into one of the last Levantine monarchs,
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Before I embarked upon this beautifully presented book (- what a sumptuous cover!) what I knew about King Farouk might quite easily have been accommodated on the back of a stamp. Now I know far more, owing to Mr Stadiem's deeply researched yet never overpowering biography of Egypt's last monarch. Never quite aspiring to pharaonic status Farouk did succeed intreading a wary path between the demands of the Western Powers and the forces of republicanism constantly fomenting near the surface of Cairo life. Indeed, perhaps the biggest surprise is that he lasted for as long as he did. Almost like Michael Jackson he passed from svelte, charming fairy-tale good looks in to something more akin to self parody yet, unlike Jackson, he never wholly relinquished his dignity.
Stadiem's book seems to capture the multi-faceted nature of this enigmatic man as he struggled to retain his enigmatic position. I just wish that there were more biographies of this sort, and i take my hat off to Parkway Publishing for their inspired decision to reissue this book.
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TOO RICH by William Stadium,
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What a fabulous book. A sad end to a full life. Riveting - a real page-turner!
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All very,very interesting,
This review is from: Too Rich: The High Life and Tragic Death of King Farouk (Hardcover)
I am in the middle of reading this book and already think it one of the best biographies I have read and that is lot. The American author may be forgiven for his attitude towards the British but"those who live in glass houses shouldn't thow stones" It gives a wonderfull insight into post war history from a side way point of view Well don for republishing this book it deseves to be much better known.
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