Lord of Arabia Ibn Saud
Subtitle: the intimate study of a king
By: H.C. Armstrong
Contributors: Dārat al-Malik ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz
Publisher: Kegan Paul
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780710311849
Subjects: Biography; Kings and rulers
Other titles: Ibn Saud
Description: Newly reissued, Lord of Arabia is the famous biography of Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, who continues to cst his shadow over the Middle East today. In this important study, the author reveals many of the family traditions and deeply-held principles that form the unwritten foundation of present-day Saudi Arabia and its neighbours. It ably recreates the King's life through key principal first-hand authorities, recording invaluable historical detail. -- Back cover.
Notes: Published for the King Abdulaziz Foundation, Riyadh by Kegan Paul.