Justin Marozzi

Broschiertes Buch

Baghdad

City of Peace, City of Blood

Beschreibung

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. This new history of Baghdad brings to life the story of what was once the greatest capital on earth.

Autor

Justin Marozzi is a historian and journalist who has spent most of his professional life living and working in the Muslim world. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and former Trustee of the Royal Geographical Society, he is a senior advisor to the Middle East Association. His previous books include South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara (2001), the bestselling Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World (2004) and The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus (2008). His last book, Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood (2014) won the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize and was praised by the judges as 'a truly monumental achievement'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780141047102
• ISBN-10: 0141047100
• Artikelnr.: 42077031