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Very good. 1st edition, 1st printing 2008. Slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Small scuff mark to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 361 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map; 24 cm. Emir Abd el-Kader was an Islamic scholar from Algeria who resisted French colonialism in the mid-19th century. His faith-based leadership, moral authority, keen intelligence, physical stamina, natural military prowess and knowledge of tribal ways enabled him to organize Algerian tribesmen into a guerrilla force that effectively resisted the French occupation. In order to avoid further suffering the Emir negotiated a truce with the French in 1847 after fifteen years of fighting one of the most advanced armies in the world at that time. The Emir's commitment to human rights earned him global admiration from the likes of President Buchanan, Queen Victoria, Pope Pius IX, Tsar Alexander II, and the presidents of France, Greece and Turkey. Newspaper accounts of his valor and chivalry won him admiration as far as the American Midwest, where a new settlement was named in his honor; today, Elkader in Clayton County, Iowa.
