Views of Kingdoms is a book by the writer Edouard Elias, which combines travel literature with historical and political information, providing a comprehensive vision of the countries and civilizations that the writer visited in the early twentieth century. Edouard Elias was keen to present the book in a creative form that combines pleasure and information, making it more like an encyclopedia that combines history, geography, politics, and different cultures. In this book, Elias reviews his experiences as a traveler, providing an accurate description of the important monuments and conditions of the countries he visited, in addition to shedding light on the political conflicts and alliances between the kingdoms. The writer also discusses the character of the peoples he met and compares them to the character of the Arabs, giving the reader a unique and multi-angle view of the cultural and political differences between those countries. The book is not just a presentation of scenes, but rather a chronicle of the heroes and prominent figures, the power struggles and alliances that shaped the face of civilizations, with an emphasis on the themes of courage and betrayal that were characteristic of those periods.

إدوار إلياس هو كاتب ورحالة عربي اشتهر بتوثيق رحلاته عبر العالم في بدايات القرن العشرين. من خلال كتابه "مشاهد الممالك"، قدّم إلياس سردًا غنيًا يجمع بين الوصف الدقيق للأماكن التي زارها والمعلومات التاريخية والسياسية التي شهدتها تلك الفترات. يعد كتابه مرجعًا مهمًا لمحبي أدب الرحلات والتاريخ.