The Right Honourable Sir Mortimer Durand, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.: A Biography
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1926. First? Edition. First? Printing. 356, illus., 3 large maps in pocket at end of volume, footnotes, index, usual library markings, boards worn, rubbed, and bumped. Frontis illus was separated but has been glued back in, weakness to rear board, some foxing to text and to edges. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924) was a British diplomat and civil servant of colonial British India. He served as Ambassador to the United States from 1903-1906, and chapters 20 and 21 of this book discuss his first impressions of America and his relationship with President Theodore Roosevelt. Condition: fair, ex-lib.
Keywords: Sir Mortimer Durand, Great Britain, Diplomacy, Theodore Roosevelt, British Empire, India, Anglo-Afghan War, Ambassadors, Durand Line
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