{"product_id":"lords-of-the-atlas-gavin-maxwell-9780907871149","title":"Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956","description":"Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, \u003ci\u003eLords of the Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Maxwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0907871143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780907871149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eland Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Gavin Maxwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48216449745151,"sku":"9780907871149","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_885dadda-7ccb-4a08-a3cd-367df0359567.jpg?v=1771991073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lords-of-the-atlas-gavin-maxwell-9780907871149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}