Layard of Nineveh

Resource Information

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Label

Layard of Nineveh

Instantiates

• Layard of Nineveh

Publication

• London, J. Murray, 1963

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Part 1. Travel 1817-1845 -- Disraeli and the Arabian nights -- 'We rode alone' -- 'Mystery hangs over Assyria' -- Adventures with the Bakhtiari -- 'I scarcely know which way to turn' -- Constantinople and Sir Stratford Canning -- Part II. Archaeology 1845-1851 -- visions of places underground -- they have found Nimrod himself! -- a firman without funds -- the Nestorians and Yezidis -- treated as a master-bricklayer -- the bull is taken to the Tigris -- Triumphal return to England -- the greatest achievement of our time -- the Winged Lions leave Nimrud -- Nineveh and Babylon -- Part III. Politics 1852-1869 -- visions of ambition -- where are you to stop Russia? -- into the cannon's mouth -- we looked to you as our champion -- India during the mutiny -- collared and harnessed -- Part IV. Diplomacy: Spain 1869-1877 -- Bismarck and the Spanish king -- they will kill him too -- revolutions give one a deal of work -- presumptuous Dons -- Part V. Diplomacy: Turkey 1877-1884 -- Gladstone a mere vulgar pamphleteer -- Disraeli makes Layard ambassador -- the amiable Sultan Abdul Hamid -- Turkey is fighting our battle -- it is Poland over again -- the Russians threaten Constantinople -- Negotiations for Cyprus -- Another quarrel with Gladstone -- the very heart of chaos -- Gladstone recalls Layard -- Part VI. Retirement 1884-1894 -- Art and writing in Venice -- the thieving of Assyrian antiquities -- what many have attempted you have done -- a hundred years later

Control code

751279

Dimensions

22 cm

Extent

535 pages

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

.b19751333

System control number

(WaOLN)1001451