Victoria College: A History Revealed
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (749 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9774247566 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Colin Clement is a writer and translator who lives in Alexandria.
About the AuthorColin Clement is a writer and translator who lives in Alexandria.
Badr A. Albassam said Five Stars. Nice history
This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon -- a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said -- and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during t