Barnaby Rogerson: 4 books
Rogerson's Book of Numbers
The Culture of Numbers---from 1,001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
THE STORIES BEHIND OUR ICONIC NUMBERS
Rogerson's Book of Numbers is based on a numerical array of virtues, spiritual attributes, gods, devils, sacred cities, powers, calendars, heroes, saints, icons, and cultural symbols.
It provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued...
The Last Crusaders
East, West, and the Battle for the Center of the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
The Crusades were the bridge between medievl and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the lttle explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for thy made the crisis truly global. The Last Crusaders is about the perio's last great conflict between East...
In Search of Ancient North Africa
A History in Six Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
For forty years, Barnaby Rogerson has travelled across North Africa, making sense of the region’s complex and fascinating history as both a writer and a guide. Throughout that time there have always been a handful of stories he could not pin into neat, tidy narratives; stories that were not distinctly...
Rogerson's Book of Numbers
The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Rogerson's Book of Numbers is a deceptively simple list of virtues, spiritual attributes, gods, devils, sacred cities, dominions, powers, heroes, saints and symbols. It provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued by the many roles numbers play - not only in mathematics and science,...