Three Kings in Baghdad

Three Kings in Baghdad
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Publisher : I.B. Tauris
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Download or read book Three Kings in Baghdad written by Gerald De Gaury and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2008-03-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921 - he was pro-British, and was thus deemed 'suitable' to lead an independent Iraq. But his successors - his son Ghazi and Faisal II - both met their demise in suspicious and bloody manners. This book is a unique and timely account of Iraqi history.


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