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The Lion of Jordan: I got it, I am Reading it!
Friday, April 25, 2008

I was thrilled to find a very important book that I was looking forward to read while visiting Virgin Stores in City Mall. The book is "The Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace" by Avi Shlaim who is a prominant Israeli historian and expert in Middle East affairs.
 
 
The book was published in a summarised 20 episode series in Al-Sharq Al Awsat last year. By reading this translated summary I knew the value of this book that includes detailed information revealed for the very first time. The author met with King Hussein for a 4 hour interview and he also met with 30 Jordanian key persons including former Prime Ministers and members of the Royal Family.
The book is sold at 28.00 JDs which is a reasonable price knowing that it is sold at F 30,00 from the Publisher. I am currently deeply engaged in reading nthe book and will hopefully write about it very soon.
 
Read more descriptions and reviews here
 
 
 
 
 

posted by Batir Wardam in Personal Experiences @ 6:51 PM

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On April, 25, 2008 9:57 PM , laithz
from Jordan said:

Sounds very interesting. I think I'm going to get it for my dad. He's very much into history books.

On April, 27, 2008 6:02 PM , Musa
from Jordan said:

بلالك من هل حكي الفضي او إنته زلمه فهمان ...
ما الكتاب إلو أكتر من سنه ينشر على موقع عمون المخابراتي
.خد إقرأ كلام في السياسه لهيكل

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