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Bibliography: p185-190. - Includes index.

IIntroduction 1 1 Chibuks and Lice in Ismail's Harem 5 2 Obsession for an Empress 9 3 Napoleon's Hated 'Mission Civilizat'rice' 14 4 Muhammad Ali - a Brutal Age of Development 21 5 A Cruel Princess 29 6 Rulers of the New Renaissance 35 7 Ismail - a Ruler Obsessed 42 8 Paris's Belle Epoque and the Great Exhibition 52 9 Ismail's Cairo - a Glitzy Age 61 10 The Finest Opera House in the W orId 72 11 The Palace of the Empress 83 12 The Cousin of the Empress 88 13 La Belle Eugenie 96 14 The Opening of the Accursed Canal 101 15 A Week of Hedonism 107 16 The Fall of Eugenie 114 17 The Fall of Ismail 119 18 Mr Cook and the Hotel Age 125 19 Cairo: the Englishman's Playground 129 20 Cairo's Sweet-scented Odalisques 141 21 The Age of the Great Hotels 149 22 Cairo's Last flame 160 23 Setting fire to Ismail's Cairo today