From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East - Hardcover

his style is cool and un-emotive, and when he sets us right it is gently done.....such forthrightness in an academic is refreshing. (George Walden THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

The range, the achievement, is immense. He has the true scholar's ambition of pursuing truth and understanding. (David Pryce-Jones THE SUNDAY TIMES)

Professor Lewis's academic credentials are impeccable...... the collection of essays, articles, reviews, lectures and contributions to encyclopaedias gives a glimpse of his towering scholarship. (Michael Binyon THE TIMES)

Lewis has always combined an immense scope with a flair for the little detail. (James Buchan THE SPECTATOR)

Lewis is a historian who has thought deeply about what he is doing, and he shows how a historical perspective is not only useful for understanding the present clash of civilisations, it is essential..... The Middle East was, and is, the great meeting place of cultures, and Lewis excels in illustrating these points of contact. (Daniel Johnson THE DAILY TELEGRAPH)

the history pieces are nonetheless peppered with insights. (David Gardner THE FINANCIAL TIMES)

Our greatest authority on the world of Islam has followed his recent series of best-selling books with this gathering of fifty-one essays from the past fifty-one years. And an enjoyable, as well as an enlightening, collection it turns out to be. (Hazhir Tiemourian LITERARY REVIEW)

Lewis is always clear and eloquent. (Robert Irwin THE INDPENDENT)

All 51 essays are well-written and well-sourced; some of them are brilliant. (George Rosie THE SUNDAY HERALD)

he writes well and is a pleasure to read. (Oliver Miles THE GUARDIAN)