Sir harry sinderson (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1973 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover edition. Some reading wear else good condition. Signed by Sir Harry Sinderson. From the dustjacket:  Sir Harry Sinderson's first glimpse of Iraq was in January 1918 - at that time the land between the Tigris and Euphrates was still known as Mesopotamia and the young man aboard HMT Minnetonka had graduated in medicine at Edinburgh four years previously and been on active service since the beginning of the war. During the transformation of Mesopotamia from an oppressed and impoverished Turkish vilayet into the thriving modern state of Iraq, Sir Harry Sinderson, later with his wife, Elsie, had a number of absorbing roles to play. The closest ties were with Iraq's Royal Family - the dynasty brutally terminated by multiple murders in 1958. Physician to the Royal House and the British Embassy, Baghdad, Ministerial Adviser and Inspector General of Health Services, Dean and Professor of Medicine, Royal College of Medicine, Sir Harry's contribution to Iraq was in many ways unique and his memories are the theme of a fascinating and timely book. Signed by Author(s).…