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Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt: Being a Personal Narrative of Events. By Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Published 1967 in New York by Howard Fertig. Originally published in 1922. Hardcover, no dj, frontispiece portrait of Sheykh Mohammed Abdu, 416 pp., 8vo. A traveller, poet and diplomat-Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922) entered the British diplomatic corps and worked in Athens, Constantinople, Frankfort, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris and Argentina. After his retirement in 1872 he married Anne Isabella Noel (the only known descendant of Lord Byron). They traveled on horseback through the Mid-East and lived in Cairo. He opposed British rule in Egypt and was in favor of Irish home rule. For the latter he even served a prison term. Condition: Ex-Libris exterior and interior markings. Book is complete, and intact with solid binding. Interior pages are in fine condition. Cover is in very good to fine condition.