Published by Rory Stewart, 2007
ISBN 10: 0156032791 ISBN 13: 9780156032797
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah, provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. He spent the next eleven months negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure for a population of millions teetering on the brink of civil war.The Prince of the Marshes tells the story of Stewart's year. As a participant he takes us inside the occupation and beyond the Green Zone, introducing us to a colorful cast of Iraqis and revealing the complexity and fragility of a society we struggle to understand. By turns funny and harrowing, moving and incisive, it amounts to a unique portrait of heroism and the tragedy that intervention inevitably courts in the modern age.
Published by Rory Stewart, 2007
ISBN 10: 0156032791 ISBN 13: 9780156032797
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: New. First Edition. In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah, provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. He spent the next eleven months negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure for a population of millions teetering on the brink of civil war.The Prince of the Marshes tells the story of Stewart's year. As a participant he takes us inside the occupation and beyond the Green Zone, introducing us to a colorful cast of Iraqis and revealing the complexity and fragility of a society we struggle to understand. By turns funny and harrowing, moving and incisive, it amounts to a unique portrait of heroism and the tragedy that intervention inevitably courts in the modern age.
Published by Rory Stewart, 2007
ISBN 10: 0156032791 ISBN 13: 9780156032797
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Rory Stewart, 2002
Seller: Trinity Books, Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Soft cover like new never read book. Local history book Illustrated about South Monaghan / East Cavan. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).