num_pages: 272
description: Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, `Lords of the Atlas' tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. Quislings of the French colonial administration, they combined the aggression of gangland mobsters with the opulence of hereditary Indian princes, and ruled with a mixture of flamboyance and terror. On returning from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, T'hami ordered the severed heads of his enemies to be mounted on his gates. Yet in 1956, when the French left Morocco, the Glaoua regime toppled like a pack of cards.A classic story of history, intrigue, mystery, and action.
language: English
title: Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956
titlecomplete: Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956
genres: Travel, Africa, Nonfiction, History, Northern Africa, 20th Century, Morocco, France
ratings_count: 246
places: Morocco, Atlas Mountains, Africa
publisher: Lyons Pr