With a wealth of experience under his belt working with the British Council and Unesco a career of 40 years unfolds. With 15 postings in 13 countries - Iraq, Algiers, Morocco, Tunisia, London, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Ghana and France, you would expect the adventures recounted to be non-stop. As the author spreads the word, encouraging the use of the English language and establishing cultural relations with other countries, the peaceful nature of this task was often carried out under a state of violence and political upheaval. Faced with unusual and dramatic situations such as being held hostage in the British Embassy in Baghdad for the month of May 1941 when a pro-German group of Iraqi Generals staged a coup, he often had to rely on his own initiative. This is just one of many instances which the author narrates with the same genial humour and acute eye for detail. What emerges is an absorbing and valuable portrait of cultural and political life in several interesting countries during one of the most eventful periods of modern history - the Second World War and its aftermath.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Melrose Books
ISBN-13
9781907732799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113994577
Product Key Features
Author
Herbert C. Burrow
Publication Name
It All Began in the Garden of Eden
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
313 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
148mm
Item Weight
401g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Herbert C. Burrow
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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