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Further Reading

On Frederic Leighton

  • Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton. Vol I. Mrs Russell Barrington (1906)
  • Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton. Vol II. Mrs Russell Barrington (1906)
  • The Art of Lord Leighton. Christopher Newall (1990)
  • Lord Leighton. Leonee and Richard Ormond (1975)
  • Leighton House Museum Guidebook. Daniel Robbins and Reena Suleman (2005)

On Art, Architecture & Design

  • Islamic Arts. Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair (1997)
  • Islamic Art. Barbara Brend (1991)
  • Islamic Patterns - An Analytical and Cosmological Approach. Keith Critchlow (1983)
  • The Orientalists. Kristian Davies (2005)
  • The Meditation of Ornament.Oleg Grabar (1992)
  • The Formation of Islamic Art. Oleg Grabar (1987)
  • Islamic Architecture. Form, Function and Meaning. Robert Hillenbrand (1994)
  • Islamic Art and Architecture.Robert Hillenbrand (1998)
  • Victorian Painting. Lionel Lambourne (2003)
  • Palace and Mosque; Islamic Art from the Middle East. Tim Stanley (2004)
  • Victorian Painting. Christopher Wood (1999)
  • The Story of Islamic Architecture. Richard Yeomans (1999)

On Orientalism

  • Visions of the East; Orientalism in Film. Matthew Bernstein and Gaylyn Studlar (1997)
  • Dangerous Knowledge; Orientalism and Its Discontents. Robert Irwin (2006)
  • Odalisques and Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839-1925. Ken Jacobson (2007)
  • Gendering Orientalism; Race, Femininity and Representation. Reina Lewis (1995)
  • Rethinking Orientalism; Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem. Reina Lewis (2005)
  • Orientalism; History theory and the arts. John M. MacKenzie (1995)
  • Orientalism. Edward W. Said (1979)

On Travel Accounts

  • A Turkish Woman's European Impressions. Zeyneb Hanoum (2005)
  • An Imam in Paris, Al-Tahtawi's Visit to France (1826-1831). Daniel L. Newman
  • Women Travellers. Edited by Mary Morris and Larry O'Connor (1996)

On Empires

  • British Imperialism; 1688-2000 (2nd edition).Peter Cain and Tony Hopkins (2001)
  • The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It. Suraiya Faroqhi (2006)
  • A History of the Arab Peoples. Albert Hourani and Malise Ruthven (2003)
  • The British Empire 1558-1995 (2nd edition). T.O. Lloyd (1997)
  • Culture and Imperialism. Edward W. Said (1994)
  • Islam's Black Slaves. Ronald Segal (2003)

On Contemporary Issues

  • The Islamic Challenge; Politics and Religion in Western Europe. Jytte Klausen (2005)
  • Islam; A Very Short Introduction.Malise Ruthven (2000)
  • Progressive Muslims; On Justice, Gender and Pluralism. Edited by Omid Safi (2004)
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