Synopsis
A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year
A Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year
‘An illuminating and riveting read.’ - Jonathan Dimbleby
Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present. Here, Bowen offers you a gripping and invaluable guide to...
Details
14 September 2023368 pages
9781509890934Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Written with modesty, grace and compassion, his account of 30 years working in the Middle East for the BBC combines his own personal experience with and a rare understanding of what makes this tortured region so dangerously combustible . . . The result is an illuminating and riveting read.Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster, author and historian
Arresting . . . excellent, doom-freightedJustin Marozzi, The Times
Bears witness to how lofty dreams of the post-Cold War period crashed and burned ... with deep empathy and understanding of the roots of the conflict.Emma Sky, The New Statesman
[A] compelling blend of sweeping history and vivid memoir . . . Bowen paints in the historical background masterfully and manages to convey the pressure, euphoria and horror of war reporting as well.Mail on Sunday
