Bernard Lewis is the greatest living historian of the Middle East Has already spent eleven weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list Paperback rights sold for USD750,000 in the States 'His slim volume is replete with the exceptional historical insight that one has come to expect from the world's foremost Islamic scholar' Wall Street Journal 'Those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the current problems in the Middle East should start by reading this book, written by a great scholar' Sunday Telegraph 'Lewis has done us all - Muslim and non-Muslim alike - a remarkable service' New York Times Book Review
Bernard Lewis is 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.
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