Summary: | A history of the relationship between Britain and Egypt from the time of Ismail Pasha until the 1920s. The author was able to have access to unpublished official documents, private diaries, letters, and notes. He also was able to interview some people who had taken part in the events described. Appendix I contains excerpts from Lord Dufferin's private diary pertaining to his plan for the reorganization of Egypt. This is compared side-by-side with Ahmed Arabi's memorandum on Egyptian reform. Appendix II is Egypt's Declaration of Independence on February 28, 1922. Appendix III is the draft treaty between Egypt and England of 1927-28, which had not been finalized at the time of the book's printing.
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