Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian

Zusatztext This is a deceptively gentle memoir! punctuated by sharp observations on life in general and the apparently ever-tumultuous Middle East in particular. Informationen zum Autor Bernard Lewis was Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Formerly Professor of Middle Eastern History at the School of Oriental & African Studies, London, 1949-74. Buntzie Ellis Churchill served for twenty-three years as President of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. She is the co-author of NOTES ON A CENTURY by Bernard Lewis. Buntzie Ellis Churchill served for twenty-three years as President of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. She is the co-author of NOTES ON A CENTURY by Bernard Lewis. Klappentext Professor Bernard Lewis looks back over his long career as a world-renowned historian of the Middle East! taking readers from the discovery of the Crusades as a young boy in London! to the great upheavals of the Arab Spring This is an elegant and simple book with a profound message about the enormous importance of accurately recording the past by one of the great historians of our era. GOOD BOOK GUIDE Vorwort The memoirs of the greatest historian of the Middle East, Professor Bernard Lewis. Zusammenfassung The memoirs of the greatest historian of the Middle East, Professor Bernard Lewis.

Product details

• Authors: Churchill, Buntzie Ellis Churchill, Churchill Buntzie Ellis, LEWI, Lewis, Bernard Lewis, Lewis Bernard
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9781780221069
• ISBN: 978-1-78022-106-9
• No. of pages: 388
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Assisted by: Buntzie Ellis Churchill
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Middle East, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, Autobiography: historical, political and military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern