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Stand Firm, You Cads! (Price of Oil, #1)

Anna Maxwell Martin

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Anglo-Persian Oil was specially formed to exploit the 60-year oil concession to drill for oil, which was signed in 1901 by the then Shah of Persia. Prompted by Winston Churchill, the British Government bought 51% of the company's shares. Persian oil soon became Britain's "single largest overseas asset."

But in 1951, newly-elected Prime Minister Mossadegh declared the concession "immoral," unilaterally cancelled it, and on 1st May successfully passed a law which nationalized Anglo-Persian - all the oil. There are riots, demonstrations, and a blockade of shipping. And in the great oil refinery on the island of Abadan, a shocked British ex-pat community struggle to understand the new world which has just arrived.

Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi and Luke Treadaway star in the first of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.

©2019 Lübbe Audio 2019 Lübbe Audio

Language: English

Format: Audible Audio

Publisher: Lübbe Audio

Release: June 10, 2019

Stand Firm, You Cads! (Price of Oil, #1)

Anna Maxwell Martin

0/5 ( ratings)

Anglo-Persian Oil was specially formed to exploit the 60-year oil concession to drill for oil, which was signed in 1901 by the then Shah of Persia. Prompted by Winston Churchill, the British Government bought 51% of the company's shares. Persian oil soon became Britain's "single largest overseas asset."

But in 1951, newly-elected Prime Minister Mossadegh declared the concession "immoral," unilaterally cancelled it, and on 1st May successfully passed a law which nationalized Anglo-Persian - all the oil. There are riots, demonstrations, and a blockade of shipping. And in the great oil refinery on the island of Abadan, a shocked British ex-pat community struggle to understand the new world which has just arrived.

Anna Maxwell Martin, Raad Rawi and Luke Treadaway star in the first of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we've paid for it.

©2019 Lübbe Audio 2019 Lübbe Audio

Language: English

Format: Audible Audio

Publisher: Lübbe Audio

Release: June 10, 2019

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