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Jerusalem in World War I : the Palestine diary of a European diplomat / Conde de Ballobar ; edited by Eduardo Manzano Moreno and Roberto Mazza ; with an introduction and notes by Roberto Mazza.
Van Pelt Library DP236.B25 A313 2011
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ballobar, Antonio de la Cierva Lewita, conde de
- Standardized Title:
- Diario de Jerusalén, 1914-1919. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Ballobar, Antonio de la Cierva Lewita, conde de--Diaries.
- Ballobar, Antonio de la Cierva Lewita.
- Ballobar, Antonio de la Cierva Lewita, conde de.
- Consuls--Spain--Diaries.
- Consuls.
- Palestine--History--1917-1948.
- Palestine.
- Spain.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Summary:
- When World War I broke out in Europe in the autumn of 1914, a young diplomat was sent to Jerusalem to take charge of the Spanish consulate in the city. Antonio de la Cierva y Lewita, better known as Conde de Ballobar, recorded the events he witnessed and described his experiences and opinions in a unique document that has become an invaluable resource for historians. Ballobar's diary provides an unparalleled insight into late Ottoman Jerusalem - and the upheavals of wartime life in the city - and includes a detailed account of the battle amongst the local churches over control of the city's holy places. Also touching upon the spread of Zionism and the establishment of British rule, Ballobar writes as a privileged observer of an exceptionally complex historical period. Available in English for the first time, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of the late-Ottoman Empire and World War I in the Middle East.
- Contents:
- 1914
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- 1918.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848856325
- 1848856326
- OCLC:
- 698587105
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