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John Patrick Douglas Balfour

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June 25, 1904

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June 04, 1976

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John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and other works on Islamic history.

He studied at the University of Oxford.
In 1938, he married Angela Mary Culme-Seymour, daughter of George Culme-Seymour and Janet (née Orr-Ewing) and former wife of the artist John Spencer-Churchill. They were divorced in 1942, whereupon Angela married the Comte de Chatellus. She was the model for "the bolter" in Nancy Mitford's novel The Pursuit of Love.

Despite the brief marriage, Lord Kinross was homosexual. He had no issue and was succeeded by his brother David Andrew Balfour, 4th Baron Kinross.--wikipedia ...more

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	Atatürk: The Rebirth Of A Nation 4.42 avg rating — 1,305 ratings — published 1964 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross 4.05 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 1976 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hagia Sophia by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1971 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kutsal Anadolu Toprakları by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Windsor Years : The Life of Edward, as Prince of Wales, King, and Duke of Windsor by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asia Minor: Travels in Coastal Turkey by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocents at Home 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1959	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Two Seas: The Creation of the Suez Canal 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Europa Minor by John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Lord Kinross liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turkey 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Greatness consists,’ he said, ‘in deciding only what is necessary for the welfare of the country, and making straight for the goal. … In the belief that you are not great, but small and weak, and expecting no help to reach you from any quarter, you will in the end surmount all hindrances. And if any man, after that, calls you great, you will simply laugh in his face.”
― John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Ataturk: The Rebirth of a Nation

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“certain convictions are hard to explain in terms of logic and reason. Such are the convictions which arise from what we feel in the blood and the fiery moments of battle.”
― John Patrick Douglas Balfour, Ataturk: The Rebirth of a Nation

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“Sooner or later indignation against such oppression and its accompanying corruption was bound to flare up into revolt.”
― Patrick Kinross, Ataturk: The Rebirth of a Nation

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