author
Alexander Meyrick Broadley
1847–1916
Best known as the flamboyant barrister nicknamed “Broadley Pasha,” he turned a life in law, journalism, and high society into books on history, travel, and collecting. His career moved between British society and the wider Mediterranean world, giving his writing an unusually cosmopolitan feel.
3 Audiobooks
Chats on autographs
by Alexander Meyrick Broadley
The last Punic war, Vol. 1 (of 2) : Tunis, past and present : with a narrative of the French conquest of the regency.
by Alexander Meyrick Broadley
The last Punic war, Vol. 2 (of 2) : Tunis, past and present : with a narrative of the French conquest of the regency.
by Alexander Meyrick Broadley
About the author
Alexander Meyrick Broadley (19 July 1847 – 16 April 1916) was a British barrister and author whose life seems almost novelistic. He is especially remembered for defending Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the 'Urabi Revolt, a role that helped earn him the nickname “Broadley Pasha.” Alongside his legal work, he wrote on history and travel and contributed articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Broadley’s books ranged widely, reflecting both his historical interests and his taste for vivid personalities. Surviving catalog and library records show works including Chats on Autographs, Napoleon in Caricature 1795–1821 (with J. Holland Rose), and The War in Wexford, suggesting a writer drawn to documentary detail, political drama, and the lives of famous figures.
He also left a strong social impression in his own time. Contemporary and archival summaries describe him not only as a lawyer and writer, but also as a collector and a conspicuous public personality. That mix of scholarship, controversy, and worldliness helps explain why he still stands out among late Victorian and Edwardian literary figures.