Blunt

"...besides containing a great deal of detailed information
about the Blunts' studs at Crabbet and Sheykh Obeyd
that is not available elsewhere, [her journals] comprise,
together with Lady Anne's correspondence, a primary source
of material concerning the early years of breeding in America,
Australia and South Africa.

"In addition, they constitute the only accurate account by an
Arabic-speaking European of the Arabian horse in Egypt
during the crucial decades at the turn of the century when the
old world was making way for the new...."

Lady Anne Blunt: Journals and Correspondence 1878 - 1917 Lady Anne Blunt was an author and talented artist, as well as a founder of the highly influential Crabbet Stud of England. Excerpts from her personal diaries and letters appear in this book, which is illustrated by watercolor paintings by Lady Anne.			Home \| Book Stall Catalog \| Buy This Book "...besides containing a great deal of detailed information about the Blunts' studs at Crabbet and Sheykh Obeyd that is not available elsewhere, [her journals] comprise, together with Lady Anne's correspondence, a primary source of material concerning the early years of breeding in America, Australia and South Africa. "In addition, they constitute the only accurate account by an Arabic-speaking European of the Arabian horse in Egypt during the crucial decades at the turn of the century when the old world was making way for the new...." ~ James Fleming, Introduction to Lady Anne Blunt: Journals and Correspondence
			Antoniny Stables, Russia (Poland), 1884 "All the horses were brought out to show us.... Pharaoh, altogether improved, looking splendid. He knew me again when I spoke, though I was not offering sugar." p. 198
"The air full of sounds - camels grumbling, sheep bleating, people shouting, girls trilling, guns firing." p 187

			Sheykh Obeyd, Egypt. 1896