 | - Book Title: Mallowan's Memoirs. The Autobiography of Max Mallowan
- Author: M. E. L Mallowan
- ISBN: 0002165066
- Publisher: Collins
- Year Published: 1977
- Our Price: £14.30 GBP ($28.60 USD)
- Description: Collins , 1977 reprint: hardcover in dust jacket: 320 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis : The autobiography of world renowned archaeologist, Sir Max Mallowan, whose discoveries in Mesopotamia were of prime importance, relating the stories of his boyhood at Lancing; election as Fellow of All Souls; succession to Sir Mortimer Wheeler as a Trustee of the British Museum; and his initiation into field archaeology at Ur by Leonard Woolley, who also introduced him to the famous novelist, Agatha Christie who later became his wife. The author recounts his wartime exploits in the RAF: four chapters of the book are devoted to his wife, Agatha Christie's achievements: and the climax of the memoirs relate the author's discoveries at Nimrud or Calah , the ancient capital of Assyria. Contents :-the following four parts: Part One , Before The War. 1926 - 1938. Ur - an introduction to archaeology and the excavations. Nineveh. Arpachiyah. The Habur Survey. Chagar Bazaar. Excavations at Tell Brak and the Balikh Valley. Part Two: The War, 1939 -- 1945. London and Cairo. Tripolitania. Part Three, Agatha 1930 -- 1975. Agatha: the person. Agatha's books. Orient express. Agatha's craft. Part Four : Nimrud and Its Remains 1945 -- 1975. The Institute of Archaeology. Nimrud:The Acropolis. Nimrud: Fort Shalmaneser. Academic Institutions and their Inmates. Epilogue. Index. Condition: Edges of dustjacket damaged and repared : gift inscription: overall clean and good
- Condition: Used- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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