Web site of author and journalist HVF (Victor) Winstone
Home address: Riverbank Cottages Bideford N.Devon EX39 2QR
Telephone: +44 (0)1237 470849
Published works: Captain Shakespear ¤ Gertrude Bell ¤ Leachman 'OC Desert' ¤ The Illicit Adventure ¤ Diaries of Parker Pasha ¤ Uncovering the Ancient World ¤ Woolley of Ur ¤ Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun ¤ Lady Anne Blunt, etc
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Latest Books
HOWARD CARTER
AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN
New, revised and supplemented edition from Barzan Publishing
With foreword by Henrietta McCall
ISBN 1-905521-04-9 hardback 1-905521-05-7 paperback
For informed, independent editorial summary
see CURRENT WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY No 22, April/May 2007
For links to other book sites, museums, exhibitions and other places of interest related to Carter, Carnarvon and the Tutankhamun discovery please go to www.barzanpress.com/links
For updated reviews of all books on this page and works by other authors in Barzan list please go to www.barzanpublishing.com
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GERTRUDE BELL
'First Lady of Iraq'
NEW, ENLARGED AND REVISED EDITION, published October 2004 by Barzan, Beirut & Manchester
‘Her life's work is more relevant today than ever, impinging however imperceptibly on generations that are largely ignorant of its purpose and, in the highest echelons of government, uncomprehending of its lessons.’
‘When news came of the looting of the National Museum of Baghdad, it was clear that while most oil fields had been protected and preserved, a treasure house of international importance had been abandoned to its fate and ransacked. My subject's life work was in a very real sense savaged by an act of undeclared war based on the false premise of immediate danger posed to neighbours and the world at large.’
For summary and on-line purchase
N.America distributors: Interlink Books
ISBN 0-9547728-0-6
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Lady Anne Blunt
You cannot take your eye from this biography for a moment... Winstone has been able to produce a poignant and illuminating portrait of a talented, determined and visionary woman.
Martin Hesp, Western Morning News
published by Barzan, November 2003
ISBN: 1-900988-577
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Essays, lectures, Middle East history, nature and environment
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Link to the BSAI Website(The Gertrude Bell Memorial) The British School of Archaeology in Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted solely to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia. It is currently devoting its resources to assisting in the rebuilding of Iraq’s heritage. The aftermath of the second Gulf war has left monuments, sites, libraries and museums in ruins. Many of their priceless contents have been looted, smashed, or burnt. |
Other linked sites Iraq's endangered archaeological siteshttp://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf0126/ Statement from the Oriental Institute, Chicago University http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/ws_statement.html Help Palestinian victims:www.doveanddolphin.co.uk World's leading museums and galleries M&G |