{"product_id":"the-cauldron-the-making-of-the-modern-middle-east-paperback","title":"The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid and monumental . . . Could not be a more essential\nprimer' SUNDAY TIMES, Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Both zips along and bulges with detail . . . A blockbuster narrative'\nTELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Gripping, dazzingly written . . . A masterpiece - no other word will do'\nMATTHEW D'ANCONA, former editor of the SPECTATOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST:\nA SPELLBINDING HISTORY FROM THE BESTSELLING, PRIZEWINNING HISTORIAN AND MASTER\nSTORYTELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did an elderly cleric overthrow the Shah of Iran and\nchange the world?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhy did Bin Laden attack the USA - and why did the USA destroy Saddam?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHow did one extraordinary prince create Saudi Arabia? How did an Ottoman\ngeneral create Türkiye?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHow did Britain and France carve up the Middle East - and why did the Kurds\nnever get their own state?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCan there ever be peace between Israel and Palestine?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Middle East has forever been the source of religions,\nprize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of\nour tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor\nsuch a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still\nunderstand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and\ninterconnectedness. In The Cauldron, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh\nand unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to\nthe present day. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman\nsultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling\npanorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and\ndemocracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets,\nterrorists and peacemakers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle\nEast of today - and tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'An essential read' HUSSEIN AGHA, Palestinian negotiator with Israel over\nhalf a century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A must-have guide' EUGENE ROGAN, author of The Arabs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Captivating and monumental' EHUD OLMERT, former Prime Minister of Israel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Masterful . . . history at its best' GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS, former\nDirector of the CIA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling\nauthor and historian whose prize-winning books have been published in\nforty-eight languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great and Potemkin\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for\nthe Samuel Johnson Prize. \u003ci\u003eStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/i\u003e won the\nBritish Book Awards History Book of the Year Prize. \u003ci\u003eYoung Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e won the\nCosta Biography Award (UK), the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography (USA),\nthe Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique (France), and the Kreisky Prize\n(Austria).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem: The Biography - A History of the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e\nwas a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) bestseller, a global bestseller and\nwon The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council (US) and the Wenjin\nBook Prize of the National Library of China (People's Republic of China).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs: 1613-1918\u003c\/i\u003e won the Lupicaia del\nTerriccio Book Prize (Italy); and \u003ci\u003eThe World: A Family History\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNYTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\nand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, was named \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e History Book of\nthe Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2025, he was awarded the Blue Metropolis Words to Change\nPrize (Canada) for \"his body of work in humanity and history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is also the author of the Moscow Trilogy of novels: \u003ci\u003eSashenka,\nRed Sky at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Night in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Paddy Power\nPolitical Novel of the Year Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe read history at Gonville \u0026amp; Caius College, Cambridge\nUniversity where he received his PhD. 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