The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East by Barnaby Roge

Description: The House Divided by Barnaby Rogerson A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating - William DalrympleAt 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 Muhammad in 632, the accidental coup that set aside the claims of his son Ali, and the slaughter of Alis own son Husayn at Kerbala. These events, known to every Muslim, have created a slender faultline in the Middle East.The House Divided follows these narratives from the first Sunni and Shia caliphates, through the medieval caliphates and empires of the Arabs, Persians and Ottomans, to the contemporary Middle East. It shows how a complex range of identities and rivalries - religious, ethnic and national - have shaped the region, jolted by the seismic shift of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Rogersons original approach takes the modern chessboard of nation states and looks at each through its particular history of empires and occupiers, minorities and resources, sheikhs and imams. The result is a book of wide-ranging empathy, understanding and insights. Author Biography Barnaby Rogerson has been travelling the Islamic world for the last forty years, first as a young man writing guidebooks, then as a journalist, and finally as a writer of histories. He is publisher of the acclaimed travel list, Eland Books. His books include The Prophet Muhammad: a Biography, The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad and The Last Crusaders. Review Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating - William DalrymplePraise for Barnaby Rogerson:Rogerson has a novelists gift for filling out the characters of his main players - Noel MalcolmRogerson is an excellent story-teller - Norman StoneRemarkable - Barnaby Rogerson has succeeded in isolating all the different strands of North African history - John Julius Norwich Promotional A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East Details ISBN1781257256 Author Barnaby Rogerson ISBN-10 1781257256 ISBN-13 9781781257258 Format Hardcover Publisher Profile Books Ltd Imprint Profile Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 4 Maps Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-01-04 UK Release Date 2024-01-04 AU Release Date 2024-01-04 Edition Description Main Alternative 9781782832942 DEWEY 297.804209 Audience General Subtitle Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East Pages 432 NZ Release Date 2024-03-25 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160463333;

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