Faisal : biography of a great king / Gerald De Gaury.

1. Birth and background - 2. The first European visitor - 3. Glimpses of war at thirteen and Europe at fourteen - 4. Army commands - 5. Capture of the Hijaz - 6. Viceroy and foreign minister - 7. The Saudi Clan - 8. Fanaticism versus the rest - 9. War, oil and a first visit to America - 10. England in wartime, a setback over Palestine, and relations with Russia - 11. Death of the Patriarch, 1953 - 12. Saud as king and prime minister - 13. Faisal becomes prime minister - 14. A family Quarrel - 15. Egypt occupies Sana - 16. War in the Yemen - 17. Faisal’s standing and some effects of the war in the Yemen - 18. Accession and the task as king - Map : Saudi Arabia.