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    The Struggle for Iran

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    When Christopher de Bellaigue first visited Iran in 1999, he found it irresistably alive: under the leadership of President Mohammad Khatami, Islamic revolutionary rule was loosening and the prospects for…

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    The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for Non-Fiction Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A revelatory and game-changing narrative that…

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    Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very British Coup

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    On 19 August 1953 the British and American intelligence agencies launched a desperate coup against a cussed, bedridden 72-year-old. Above all, the life of Muhammad Mossadegh is a warning to…

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    The Lion House: The Coming of A King

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    Venice, 1522. Sensitive intelligence arrives from the east confirming the European powers’ greatest fear- the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has amassed all he needs to wage total war - and…

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    Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    In an intellectual detective story, an esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood. Christopher de Bellaigue unravels the…

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    Flying Green

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    "A new generation of travelers are eager to see innovation that will alleviate their guilt about flying, and they want to know where the industry is, how seriously they're taking…

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    The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    Beginning with the dramatic collision of East and West following Napoleon’s arrival in Egypt, and taking us through 200 tumultuous years of Middle Eastern history, the author introduces us to…

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    In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran

    Christopher De Bellaigue

    In this superbly crafted and thoughtful book, de Bellaigue probes the human wreckage of the world’s last great revolution. The result is a subtly intense revelation of the hearts and…

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    The Lion House: The Coming of A King

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    From the palace cloisters of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe to the sun-scorched coast of north Africa, The Lion House pioneers a bold new style of eyewitness…

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    Rebel Land: Among Turkey’s Forgotten Peoples

    Christopher De Bellaigue

    What is the meaning of love and death in a remote, forgotten, impossibly conflicted part of the world? This book features the author’s journeys to Turkey’s inhospitable eastern provinces to…

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    Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup

    Christopher De Bellaigue

    Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2012.

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    The Lion House

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    "Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era of Suleyman the Magnificent unfolds." --Orhan Pamuk, winner of the…

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    The Lion House: The Coming of a King

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    From the palace cloisters of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe to the sun-scorched coast of north Africa, The Lion House pioneers a bold new style of eyewitness…

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    The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    The finest Orientalist of his generation (Wall Street Journal) rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.

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    The Lion House: The Coming of A King

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    From the palace cloisters of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe to the sun-scorched coast of north Africa, The Lion House pioneers a bold new style of eyewitness…

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    In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran

    Christopher de Bellaigue

    A superb, authoritatively written insider’s account of Iran, one of the most mysterious but significant and powerful nations in the world.

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    Shah of Shahs

    Ryszard Kapuscinski

    Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch…

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