The House Divided

‘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 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.