A history of the relationship between Morocco and Britain during the embassy of John Drummond Hay, an influential British diplomat who guided British diplomacy in Morocco during the latter half of the 19th century. The author also discusses Drummond Hay's influence in Moroccan political circles. BNS, 288pp, UK. FRANK CASS, 0714654329

Written by the wife of the formerly exiled Moroccan political dissident, her memoirs discuss the homecoming of her husband, modern Morocco under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, democratisation, and the status of women and poverty. xxiv, 132pp, USA. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0870136879

Newly available. A classic story of Morocco and its history in the first half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with colour photographs. Index, maps, bib, 272pp, UK. CASSELL & CO, 0304354198

The first general history of Morocco in the 19th and 20th centuries to be published in English. The author examines the tactics used by Moroccan rulers to cope with European penetration in the nineteenth century and colonialism in the twentieth, and the struggle to retain control of the independent state. 16 b/w illus, 6 maps, 5 figs, 3 tables, notes, bib, index, xxxii, 442pp, UK. HURST 1850654263

Written by a foreign correspondent resident in Morocco since 1952, the book covers the nationalist struggle for independence, conflicts with neighbouring Algeria, the guerrilla war in western Sahara and all other major political, economic and social developments that turned Morocco into a multiparty democracy. BNS, illus, 325pp, UK. ITHACA PRESS, 0863722857

A study of the Jewish community of Morocco and its relationship to the Sephardi world in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Also looks at the relationship between Muslims and Jews and the life of Meir Macnin. BNS, 292pp, USA. STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 0804737770

Now in paperback. The story of Thomas Pellow, a Cornish cabin boy and fifty one of his comrades who were captured in 1716 by Captain Ali Hakem and sold into slavery in the markets of Algiers, Tunis and Sale. Using unpublished letters and manuscripts written by slaves and the padres and ambassadors that were sent to free them, the author reconstructs the history of the Imperial Moroccan court of the Sultan Moulay Ismail who bragged that his white slaves allowed him to hold all of Europe to ransom. Illustrated with b/w images. Index, notes, maps, 16 b/w illus, xviii, 316pp, UK. SCEPTRE.