The Passport: The History of Man's Most Travelled Document ebook

by Martin Lloyd

One might not expect much from Martin Lloyd, who spent 23 years in Her Majesty's Immigration Service, especially since as author he has confined . Martin Lloyd does a good job in this book of telling the story of the passport.

One might not expect much from Martin Lloyd, who spent 23 years in Her Majesty's Immigration Service, especially since as author he has confined himself to one little part of his job. In The Passport: The History of Man's Most Travelled Document (Sutton), however, Lloyd has made uniquely interesting a document that most travelers just take for granted. From the paper it is printed on to its cover, and from cuneiform to optical scanner recognition, the passport is all here. This is just the book to give to someone racking up international frequent flier miles.

The passport is a document familiar to all, used and recognized worldwide. Martin Lloyd spent 23 years in . Immigration Service, and became interested in the wider story of passports while in service. Библиографические данные. The Passport: The History of Man's Most Travelled Document. Издание: иллюстрированное.

This book was an absolutely fascinating journey through the history of the passport, drawing on sources from around the world and showing how we arrived at the passport(s) which exist today. There are lots of interesting stories about the use and misuse of the passport system, starting at the beginning with a story entitled 'Murder at the Opera'! It was written by somebody with lots of experience in the UK Immigration Service, who is clearly also a passionate amateur historian.

In this book, Martin Lloyd uses his in-depth experience with . Immigration Service to explore the problems, humour, crime and politics which constitute the history of the passport

In this book, Martin Lloyd uses his in-depth experience with . Immigration Service to explore the problems, humour, crime and politics which constitute the history of the passport. The idea of the passport is not new. The Ancient Egyptians were known to have a passport system while, in Roman times, persons travelling on official business were issued with a Tractorium (a letter) in the name of the emperor. Yet contrary to the popular idea, passports were often used to prevent not facilitate travel.

explains historian Martin Lloyd in The Passport: The History of Man’s Most Travelled Document

Centuries ago, the sauf conduit or safe conduct pass was designed to grant an enemy passage in and out of a kingdom for the purpose of his negotiations, explains historian Martin Lloyd in The Passport: The History of Man’s Most Travelled Document. Some nations foresaw the darker implications of the passport and spoke out against what they saw as Western dominance, Mark Salter explains in Rights of Passage: The Passport in International Relations.

Martin Lloyd, Canterbury, United Kingdom. Martin Lloyd Author, Public Speaker, Cyclist. The History of Man's Most Travelled Document. The Passport Published June 2008 by Queen Anne's Fan ISBN 1503 8 Paperback 246 pages, 80 illustrations. GBP . 9 This well illustrated book tells, for the first time, the story of the passport from its earliest origins to the latest high-tech developments. d with wax seals, modern versions in plastic covers, diplomatic passports and forgeries, all drawn from the author's collection, complement the exciting exploits of spies and criminals and the tragic real life experiences of refugees.

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The passport is a document familiar to all, used and recognized worldwide. Yet, how does a passport actually work, and what happens when it doesn't? When was the first passport issued? How can a forged passport be detected, and how did a passport link Lord Palmerston to the attempted assassination of Napoleon III? In this book, Martin Lloyd uses his in-depth experience with H.M. Immigration Service to explore the problems, humour, crime and politics which constitute the history of the passport.

The idea of the passport is not new. The Ancient Egyptians were known to have a passport system while, in Roman times, persons travelling on official business were issued with a Tractorium (a letter) in the name of the emperor. Yet contrary to the popular idea, passports were often used to prevent not facilitate travel. William the Conqueror allowed no one to enter or leave England without his permission while Henry I and Elizabeth I refused to grant passports to, respectively, the legate from the Pope and Mary, Queen of Scots. Passports have also enabled murder to take place and saved the lives of many Jews in the Second World War. However, their ultimate role appears to be that of control. When machine-readable passports provide the state with more information on the movement of citizens than at any time in history, many are beginning to ask whether the age of Big Brother has not already arrived.

The Passport offers a unique perspective on the intriguing history of this document. Martin Lloyd draws on many years of research, and includes illustrations from his own collection, to create the first book on this subject.

Dori

a few stories, not much analytics or real history.

Landarn

This is a terrific book. It details the origins of the passport, how it developed from an informal travel document to the modern entity we know of today. There are some stories and some topics I would have liked to have seen discussed at more length, but overall an excellent and entertaining book.

Blackworm

Martin Lloyd does a good job in this book of telling the story of the passport. He uses a fair number of illustrative stories to show how international incidents could come about (an assassination attempt on Napoleon III, for instance) because of passport rules (in that case, passports could be issued by one nation to another's citizens at that time). The book kept my interest throughout, and it includes illustrative pictures of passports and similar documents. The author is very conversational, occasionally letting his viewpoint come through but in a non-irritating way. It is interesting contemplating being a customs officer before passports were at least somewhat standardized. It's hard enough NOW to determine their authenticity!