Christopher De Bellaigue: 4 books
Rebel Land
Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
An esteemed journalist travels to Turkey to investigate the legacy of the Armenian genocide and the quest for Kurdish statehood.
In 2001, Christopher de Bellaigue, then the Economist's correspondent in Istanbul, wrote a piece about the history of Turkey for The New York Review of Books. In...
Die islamische Aufklärung
Der Konflikt zwischen Glaube und Vernunft
Language: German
Release Date: March 21, 2018
"Erhellend, großartig geschrieben, ein Buch, das uns hilft, das Verständnis zwischen islamischer Welt und Moderne zu verstehen."Yuval Noah Harari, Autor von "Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit"Die islamische Aufklärung hat längst stattgefunden. In einer fulminanten Erzählung...
by Christopher de Bellaigue
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
“The finest Orientalist of his generation” (Wall Street Journal) rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.
In this “stylishly written, surprisingly moving chronicle” (Harper’s), Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the...
Patriot of Persia
Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Christopher de Bellaigue, a former contributor to The Economist, brings to light the fascinating story of one of the great anti-colonial heroes of the twentieth century: Muhammad Mossadegh, the great Iranian leader whose untimely demise resulted in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and a man who has...