Lady Anne Blunt in the Middle East : politics, travel and the idea of empire / Lisa McCracken Lacy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacy, Lisa McCracken, author.

Series:

International library of historical studies ; 101.

International Library of Historical Studies ; 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blunt, Anne, Lady, 1837-1917.

Blunt, Anne.

Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--Biography.

Aristocracy (Social class).

British--Arabian Peninsula--History--19th century.

British.

Travelers--Arabian Peninsula--Biography.

Travelers.

Women travelers--Arabian Peninsula--Biography.

Women travelers.

Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel.

Arabian Peninsula.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages, 12 numbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing., 2018.

Summary:

"Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle East, developing an especial fondness for the region and its people. In this book, Lisa Lacy explores the life, travels and political ideas of Lady Anne. With a broad knowledge of the Arab world, she challenged prevailing assumptions and, as a result of her aristocratic heritage, exerted strong influence in British political circles. Her extensive journeys in the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Persia formed the basis of her knowledge about the Middle East. She pursued an intimate knowledge of Bedouin life in Arabia, the town culture of Syria and Mesopotamia and the politics of nationalism in Egypt. Her husband, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, gained a reputation as an anti-imperialist political activist. Lacy shows that Lady Anne was her husband's partner in marriage, politics and travel and exerted strong influence not only on his ideas, but on the ideas of the British political elite of the era."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Victorian Travellers in the Arab World

Lady Anne and Wilfrid's Travels in the East

Anne as a Cosmopolitan: Algeria to Aleppo

Aleppo to Arabia and India

Lady Anne and the Egyptian Revolution

Return to England 1882

Egyptian Question to Irish Question

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350987005

135098700X

9781786739711

1786739712

9780857738332

085773833X

OCLC:

1114397330