The House Divided
Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
$26.99
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2025
Summary
‘A masterly engagement with the most delicate and important of subjects - filled with gentle empathy, learning and rare balance’ Rory Stewart
‘Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating’ William Dalrymple
At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1400-year-old schism between Sunni and Shia. To understand this divide and its modern resonances, we need to revisit its origins, which go back to the death of the Prophet Muhamma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781257265 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781257264 |
| Author: | Barnaby Rogerson |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 365g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is not a book to be ignored … [a] digestible history of the restless region [and] a useful alternative to academic tracts’ - Richard Spencer
‘A balanced, sweeping, hugely ambitious work that delves into the long and tangled roots of the modern Middle East’ - Literary Review
‘Impressive … a highly readable, lovingly researched, romantic and engaging history’ - Spectator
‘Brilliant’ - Anita Anand
‘A tour de force. One of the best summary histories of Islam I have come across. Informative, engaging, and excitingly written’ - Ghada Karmi, author
Barnaby Rogerson
Barnaby Rogerson is an author, publisher and journalist. Together with his partner Rose Baring, he runs Eland Publishing, which specializes in keeping the classics of travel literature in print. He has also written dozens of travel articles, book reviews and historical essays on various North African and Islamic themes, for Vanity Fair, Cornucopia, Conde Nast Traveller, Geographical, Traveller, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, House & Garden, Harpers & Queen and the TLS.
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