Why a Booktrail?
1893-1956- Want to get under the skin of southern Morocco? Then this could be the book for you as its a fascinating account of recent history.
Lords of the Atlas
What you need to know before your trail
Marrakesh early 20th century
Madani and T’hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers carve out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century.
Deep in the majestic kasbahs of the high atlas mountains their methods of control and power are as brutal as they are aggressive. Yet on the other hand they basked in the opulence and flamboyancy afforded them.
Thami liked mounting the heads of his enemies on the gates in the city but admirers of the French colonial approach as well as the opulence of Indian princes, their approach is at once mixed and devastatingly effective.
But when the French colonial leaders leave Morocco, the regime falls like a pack of cards.
Travel Guide
Since Morocco has only been an independent country since 1956, this account of its history before the regime fell is both fascinating and captivating in equal measure.
With pictures illustrating some of the wonderful places in the book, this is a morocco of several faces, the flashy kasbahs and the dry humid desert. Casablanca in the north and Marrakesh in the south.
The rise and fall of the House of Glaoua from 1893 – 1956 may seem like a dry read, but it evokes a real time and place that we certainly knew nothing about and the landscape is a fascinating one –
“When in the spring the snows begin to thaw and the river below the castle, the Oued Mellah, becomes a torrent of ice-grey and while, the mountains reveal their fantastic colours, each distinct and contrasting with its neighbour.”
To discover the nature of the regime too and the conditions the people would have lived under as recent as early this century is both amazing and like a history lesson but one you will be amazed to learn and be surprised at the journey of Morocco past and present.
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