INTRODUCTION 7
1 THE BEGINNINGS OF
EUROPEAN INFLUENCE 9
2 THE OVERLAND ROUTE
AND THE SUEZ CANAL 24
3 THE CAPITULATIONS 68
4 THE COMMERCIAL AND
FINANCIAL INVASION 77
5 ISMAIL 104
6 ISMAIL THE
SPECULATOR 118
7 ISMAIL'S AFRICAN
EMPIRE 128
8 ISMAIL'S QUEST FOR
INDEPENDENCE 152
9 THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
163
10 THE MIXED COURTS
187
11 THE RECKONING 206
12 THE COUP DE GRACE
258
SOURCES 267
INDEX 271