The Case of Captain Burton, Late H.B.M's Consul at Damascus. by Great Britain. Foreign Office. [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890] - 2005

Mansfield Centre, CT, Martino Pub., 2005. Documents in English, French, or Italian. Originally published London, Clayton & Co. [1872?]. Government report on Richard Burton's troubled tenure and recall as Consul in Damascus. Published for Foreign Office use, not to be distributed. Burton's appointment to Damascus as Consul had been immediately controversial. Many of the behind-the-scenes negotiations among his enemies were supposedly unknown to him until later. Even before he had arrived from South America, Sir Henry Elliot, the British ambassador at Constantinople, had written to the Home Office that among ruling circles in Damascus Burton's appointment was viewed with apprehension and that undesirable consequences were feared. In fact Burton did encounter problems and was recalled. This Foreign Office publication is a record of his tenure and recall as Consul. Penzer p. 216. Extremely scarce; no copies located in U.S. libraries. Hard Cover. 141 pages, 28.5 cm. Fine, new from publisher. Stock#42464x.