Notes on a Century
Reflections of A Middle East Historian
$77.12
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2013
Summary
After 9⁄11, people who had never given much thought to the politics of the Middle East found themselves wondering why there was such rage brewing in the region. Many of them turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation. The world’s pre-eminent historian of the Middle East, Lewis was among the first to identify the phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism.
In this exceptional memoir, he looks back over his long career - taking us from his discovery of the Crusades, as a young boy in London, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780221069 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780221061 |
| Author: | Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Ellis Churchill |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 30mm |
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This is an elegant and simple book with a profound message about the enormous importance of accurately recording the past by one of the great historians of our era.
This is an elegant and simple book with a profound message about the enormous importance of accurately recording the past by one of the great historians of our era. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *This is a deceptively gentle memoir, punctuated by sharp observations on life in general and the apparently ever-tumultuous Middle East in particular. * THE YORK PRESS *
About The Author
Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University, and the author of two bestsellers, THE CRISIS OF ISLAM and WHAT WENT WRONG. A winner of the GEORGE POLK AWARD among many other distinctions, he is internationally recognised as the greatest historian of the Middle East.
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