"Armenia was in ancient times a buffer kingdom between rival empires. Armenia was frequently invaded-by Assyrians, Persians, Arabs, Greeks and Romans. Withal, the Armenians retained their identity. This kingdom in its turn was destroyed in the 14th century by invaders from Egypt. Under the Ottoman Empire, Armenian merchants and financiers thrived. When the struggles broke out between Turks and Armenians for the possession of Anatolian lands, many Armenians died; others fled abroad. "
Desmond Stewart is a British journalist who worked for many years in Cairo. He wrote a number of books about Egyptian culture and history. Desmond Stewart is a British writer, graduated at Oxford in 1948.
Desmond Stewart was an expert journalist and Arab expert, and thus a seemingly ideal biographer for T.E. Lawrence. Instead, Stewart pens the worst major Lawrence biography, an indigestible mass of tabloid-style speculation and psychosexual fixation.
He died under mysterious circumstances in 1981, supposedly being poisoned.
Desmond Stewart is a British journalist who worked for many years in Cairo. He wrote a number of books about Egyptian culture and history. Desmond Stewart is a British writer, graduated at Oxford in 1948.
Desmond Stewart was an expert journalist and Arab expert, and thus a seemingly ideal biographer for T.E. Lawrence. Instead, Stewart pens the worst major Lawrence biography, an indigestible mass of tabloid-style speculation and psychosexual fixation.
He died under mysterious circumstances in 1981, supposedly being poisoned.
