
North Africa
A History of the Maghreb - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
Barnaby Rogerson(Author)
Eland Publishing Ltd
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-78060-247-9 (ISBN)
Description
North Africa is defined by the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Nile, as well as the sand sea of the Sahara. It has seen waves of invasion, be it Romans assaulting the Carthaginians, the Arab cavalry armies of the Caliphate, fleets of Spanish and Portuguese Crusaders, as well as the machinations of French imperialists and Italian Fascists. Its peoples have always resisted but also selectively assimilated, to create a complex range of societies, that now strongly identify with the other Muslim and Arab nations of the central Middle East, albeit with a distinct Berber-African base identity. We delight in re-telling the potent stories of such heroes, as Hannibal, Oqba ibn Nafi, Barbarossa, Omar al Mukhtar, Abel Kader and Abdel Krim, as well as the legends wrapped around Queens Dido, Kahina and Zaynab
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78060-247-9 (9781780602479)
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Person
Barnaby Rogerson has been travelling the Islamic world for the last forty years, first as a young man writing guidebooks, then as a journalist, and finally as a writer of histories. He is publisher of the acclaimed travel list, Eland Books. His books include The Prophet Muhammad: a Biography, The Heirs of the Prophet Muhammad and The Last Crusaders.