Justin Marozzi: 2 books
Baghdad
City of Peace, City of Blood--A History in Thirteen Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great...
The Way of Herodotus
Travels with the Man Who Invented History
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Intrepid travel historian Justin Marozzi retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean and Middle East, examining Herodotus's 2,500-year-old observations about the cultures and places he visited and finding echoes of his legacy reverberating to this day. The Way of Herodotus is a lively...