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Memoir/History 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 416 pp. Rights: G12
16 pp b/w photos Pub history: Viking hc
978-0-670-02353-0 On sale: 11/26/2013
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“ An extraordinary work:
erudite, witty, and profound.”
—Henry Kissinger
“ No matter how recondite or exotic his subject
matter, he writes incisively and
with unobtrusive elegance.”
—The Wall Street Journal
The memoirs of the preeminent historian
of the Middle East and bestselling author
of What Went Wrong?
Notes on a Century
Reflections of a Middle East Historian
Bernard Lewis
with Buntzie Ellis Churchill
Few historians end up as major historical actors in their own
right. At the age of 96, Bernard Lewis has both witnessed and
participated in some of the key events of the last century, from his
time working for MI6 in London and throughout the Middle East
during World War II to his sudden transformation into a soughtafter
interpreter of the Middle East after September 11. When we
think of the Middle East, we see it in terms that he defined and
articulated.
A brilliant storyteller with an extraordinary gift for languages,
Lewis regales us with tales of memorable encounters with Edward
Kennedy, the Shah of Iran, Golda Meir, Muammar Qaddafi, Pope
John Paul II, King Hussein, and Dick Cheney, among many others.
Witty, lively, and movingly written, this exceptional memoir
offers an intimate look at the key events of the twentieth century
through the eyes of one of the most vital historians of our time.
n Bernard Lewis’s books What Went Wrong? and Crisis of Islam were
both #1 New York Times bestsellers
BeRnaRD lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor
of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University and
the author of many critically acclaimed and bestselling books,
including What Went Wrong? and Crisis of Islam. He lives in
Pennsylvania.
BuntZie ellis ChuRChill served for twenty-three years
as the president of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and
for a decade hosted the daily radio show World Views.
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