'Umar Abu'n-Nasr. Kanu Mulukan [They Were Kings].

€ 180,00

A Lebanese perspective on monarchy and governments that also includes an interesting chapter on the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid's grandchildren's inheritance disputes regarding Palestine. It consists of anecdotes of famous kings and celebrities. Of its six chapters, the first is about Napoleon; the second discusses the lives of various kings; the third chapter is on the wealth of kings (with a special focus on Sultan Abdulhamid's estate and inheritance); the fourth chapter is on queens and kings in exile; the fifth chapter consists of brief anecdotes from the lives of royalty and important marriages, but also includes a list of celebrities and presidents who are, supposedly, as famous as kings in the modern world: Farouk of Egypt, Stalin, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin, George Bernard Shaw, and Henry Ford. The final chapter describes the end of monarchies, containing and a short piece about the situation of Germany. Black and white photograph illustrations show Charles I of Austria with his son Otto, a family portrait of Nicolas II of Russia, and King Edward VIII of the Great Britain with his wife. At the end are four full-page advertisements for Middle East Airlines-Air Liban, Ingram Shaving Cream, General Truck Tires, and Egypt Airlines.