Barnaby Rogerson Bücher

Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed at first hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb.

The Last Crusaders is about the titanic contest between Hadsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the last great conflict between East and West - the battles that were fought and the men who led the armies that fought them. It was, in its way, the first world war.

This collection On Travel is clever, funny, provoking and confrontational by turn. In a pyrotechnic display of cracking one- liners, cynical word play and comic observation, it mines three thousand years of wit and wisdom: from Martha Gellhorn to Confucius and from Pliny to Paul Theroux.

The exploration of the enduring Sunni-Shia divide reveals its roots in the events following the death of Prophet Muhammad, including the sidelining of his son Ali and the tragedy of Husayn at Kerbala. This historical narrative spans from the early caliphates through the rise of empires to the present-day Middle East, highlighting the complex interplay of religious, ethnic, and national identities. The author offers a unique perspective on the region's dynamics, shaped by historical events and the Iranian Revolution, fostering deep empathy and understanding of contemporary conflicts.

The Prophet Muhammad was the founder of a world empire and a new civilisation - this is his story.

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

This book, neither a work of history nor travel writing, is a journey into the ruins of a landscape to make sense of these stories through the lives of five men and one woman.

Životopisu jedné z nejkontroverz­nějších postav lidských dějin dal Barnaby Rogerson podobu živého, poutavého vyprávění, oscilujícího mezi podáním historika a beletrií. Tento přístup mu umožnil barvitě vylíčit společenské prostředí, morálku i motivace jednajících postav a obohatit "kanonický" životopis řadou příběhů z muslimské lidové tradice.